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Leslie rescuing Chelsea would give her a redeeming quality, but she would sure enough brag about it to annoy the Duprees.

Leslie knew better than to do all of that, but that's totally on brand for her. And Anita hugging Bill was so phony since she said she never liked him even before he cheated. Even in the context of Chelsea being missing that was phony. Kat's meddling has gotten Martin in some more mess. Sure, Martin could have declined to do anything that Joey asked but he wasn't going to if it meant getting Chelsea back. One little beat I noticed is that Hayley looked up at Bill to see his reaction to Andre and Dani.

Michele Val Jean made a comment to the effect of saying that the writer team had a plan and wasn't just making up as they go along. The show has been giving EON vibes with Kat's amateur sleuthing and it's heavy usage of recurring and guest characters.

Hayley was completely self-centered and didn't even seem to really care about Chelsea. Bill and Dani weren't even acting like a couple, but as parents so her outrage was misplaced. Allison gives Jan Spears vibes, except the story isn't as cartoonish as Jan keeping Shawn in a cage.

Absolutely not. We do not need his yelling, overacting self on this show. He was awful on Scandal at times.

I find that any episode that has a standalone feel is an attempt to build an Emmy reel. There is more dramatic material they could submit for best series and when I think about it this felt more like bait for the directing team to land a nomination (along with the concert episodes).

Allison being a stalker the whole time gives the story an extra layer. She was setting Chelsea up from the start. The dream sequences were an interesting choice and I suspect this episode was crafted to be a possible Emmy submission for drama series (but I'm not sure if reels are submitted for best series). Dani had a good reason to be upset, but she didn't need to hug Bill more than once. Get off Hayley's husband, Dani.

On thing I meant to discuss but forgot to is if Bill is going to go homophobic on Chelsea. Realistically not every family member is going to be accepting and the show should reflect that.

I think there is also a effort to make sure the show doesn't miss out on Emmy nominations next year. Lots of story happening makes go lots of choices for submissions. For acting, Tamara, Daphnee and Trisha have already been given good material for reels. But of course the Outstanding Drama Series award is going to be the top priority for a nomination. With only 5 soaps BTG does not want to be left behind.

We'll probably get a relative unknown for Dante like we've gotten for other characters.

The Haves and the Have Nots was a mess much of the time, but that was one of it's best moments.

I feel like Ted is much more considerate of Eva's feelings than he is of Kat's. He clearly is overcompensating for a lot of lost years. Chelsea did not take Allison's crazy ramblings seriously. Leslie's need for revenge would have worked more effectively had Ted known her before Nicole, dumped her for Nicole and then circled back to have an affair. Leslie's indignation doesn't have enough legitimacy but off course delusional is a classic soap staple.

I see Carlton being somewhat bad. With Leslie pushing her way behind the gates she may connect with Carlton to help him scheme to keep a wedge between Ted and Nicole.

Dani's insults about Ashley remind me of how Erica used to insult Brooke, except Erica usually did it to Brooke's face and Brooke was a far better character than Ashley is.

It was stupid for the Duprees to even consider trying to revoke the trust because that would make Leslie even more unhinged. Anita seemed the most accepting of the fact that she messed up badly and that it is coming back to haunt her. Nicole is going to go off on Vanessa for selling Leslie a house, but I think Vanessa will do it anyway because she needs new revenue to try and cover up the money laundering.

Anita's proposal of using Barbara's voice from their demos for remastered recordings was a setup for another fight that Leslie will take on. "YOU WILL NOT MAKE ANOTHA DIME OFF MY MAMA!".

Leslie sure can easily goad the Duprees into laying hands on her. As antagonistic as Leslie is she was hitting on some truths that Anita needed to hear. Ashley needs to leave Derek alone. She does not love him, but is trying to be with him out of pity and to be a saint. Jacob telling Kat to sleep with another guy was hilarious.

I disagree that Anita doesn't hold some responsibility. Taking a friend's idea and then throwing them overboard without a second thought was a terrible thing to do. Anita has somewhat accepted that she had a place in Barbara committing suicide. It depends on the circumstances, but a person can definitely be responsible for driving someone to suicide (four police officers committed suicide post January 6th and there is no doubt what triggered it).

Naomi made a mess by opening up the adoption. If she was going to do it she should have involved Nicole since she is a psychiatrist. All that aside, June being determined to get herself together seems indicative that there might end up being a rift between the children and Martin/Smitty that sends them in June's direction. Leslie has her own misdeeds, but she was right in the way that she called out Anita. Anita can be nasty at times and Barbara's daughter now being a thorn in her side is perfect karma.

It might be a stretch by the actress playing Peaches may have taken a chance at auditioning and convinced casting to let her play an older role. Or she auditioned for something else previously and didn't get it, but casting liked her enough to call her back for another part.

It's television so a lot of story lines are never 100% written to the letter of the law. With that said my genealogy experience has taught me that birth indexes usually list the mother's name because the hospital issues that information to the state at the time of birth. An attorney or law firm could get that information easily.

Anita said she wished that Barbara's family was in the audience and it turns out that someone from her family was, lol. Derek is paralyzed and Ashley starts playing her flaky games giving Derek false hope. No one is worth getting into an accident over, but Ashley is the last person to fly over some handlebars grieving over. Nicole trying to turn up was like watching Viki Lord trying to do the Wobble.

June could play a role in how the kids react if they find out the rest of Martin's secret. If they are really angry they could leave and go stay at Regina's house to give their other family a chance.

Nicole got on my nerves today. It's one thing to move on, but moving on is not dating your husband's business partner. Wasn't here for Vernon and Anita's high horse act either, because they have no room to judge with all their mistakes. I'm in the minority, but I don't mind the pacing of June's storyline the past couple of days. There were months of June being established with not a lot of movement so I'm glad this part of the story is being dragged out. Kat doesn't really like Tomas enough to be in a relationship, but she's got to hold on to him to one up Eva at this point. Barbara just may be Leslie's mother and that trust money will allow Leslie to buy a house in Fairmont Crest and be a noveau riche annoyance.

The show has prioritized giving all of the leading characters storyline, plus having recurring characters in very strong rotation. That isn't a bad thing because, but that does mean that pacing is going to be quicker in some places and slower in others.