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My mom was born 18 years after my grandmother's oldest son so these age gap do happen in reality enough where soaps can use them without seeming too unrealistic. Usually with soaps it's used as device with half-siblings and there's no indication that Joey and Heather are half-siblings.

Dani hit Vanessa with a hard truth and of course Vanessa gets angry at hearing that. It is interesting that Dani and Vanessa had a conversation in the same episode that it was revealed that Joey's sister is the person responsible for Dani's son-in-law almost being shot. Whether writers are stringing together consequences to hit Vanessa will remain to be seen.

My guesses are that either Leslie or Nicole get injured and Eva/Kat team up to help them. Kat can't stand Leslie, but I think she would rise above and help her if she was hurt, especially if Eva somehow broke through to her. Or Tomas or Izaiah get hurt, but that would be less compelling.

Vanessa was so annoying acting as if Joey is so fragile. The guy is a criminal and is beyond capable of handling himself. I officially cannot stand Naomi. Her blaming Derek for his own death was foul. Even if she shouldn't have gone there she still shouldn't have been blaming him and bringing up him lying about being paralyzed, especially considering that Jacob would have been a goner had Derek not been there. The green screen background in the preview reminded me of when Sky and Raven would leave for a trip on EON. If your tech looks like something from 43 years ago then you should aim lower. Victor could have easily arrived in a less grand way.

I think these flashbacks would have been useful last year moreso than now and it feels like the show is playing catchup. Regardless of how Dani is, Bill still totally disrespected her. Having another woman in their bedroom was low and that scene explained why Dani went so over the edge in the first weeks. But it also runs counter to months of the narrative of Dani still longing for Bill.

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Hypocrisy is one of many soap staples. At this point we do need something other than every Dupree getting along perfectly. The show did spend a lot of time building up a connection between Jacob and Kat so they may as well use it. The fallout would obviously put Kat at odds with Chelsea and that is another angle for drama.

I thought Leslie was going to throw the rest of Darlene's cake in the trash. Once again Leslie succeeded in pushing someone's buttons and she knew just what to say to Darlene to make her feel some type of way. Bill being so accepting of Hayley declining a family event on his behalf was too passive a move for that character. When it comes to anything involving his daughters, Bill is usually more unwavering than that. Not one person seems to understand why Jacob might be deeply traumatized that his best friend was murdered.

Lol. That chandelier has to fall on somebody per some soap bylaw and I would be surprised if it was Tomas.

There was some, but there was still balance.After Dallas most soaps made wealth and business central to storylines and began phasing out working class characters.

This is a repetitive answer, but Dallas really pushed the drama permanently towards wealth. There are ways to incorporate realism into stories without removing the element of escapism. A really wholesome character turning to adult content creation out of desperation over losing job and being on the brink of losing their home would be a good mixture of realism and soapiness.

Why would you want to tell your ex about having sex dreams about them? It's unnecessary.

Oh, Lord Jesus, it's tornado!

I am not holding my breath, but hopefully the renewed talk about Doug and Joey trying to connect with the Impaler means that the truth about Joey will be revealed soon.

That firefighter portrait of Derek didn't look right. It's like production ran Ben Gavin's photo through AI to make a firefighter photo and it got his face wrong. Bill and Dani's scenes were misplaced for this episode. That was an obvious breakdown writing issue. Vanessa continues to be annoying. Derek's memorial was the last place where she should have been fishing for information to see if her precious Joey was involved with the plasma ring and it was doubly inappropriate for her to bother Jacob with that nonsense when he is upset over losing his best friend.

If this actually happens I just might try out.

It wasn't on TV, but I take pride in creating a soap opera on the blogs that featured a majority Black set of characters. Before the was Beyond The Gates there was Varied Lives. I walked to MVJ could run. It should be obvious that I'm joking, but I feel the need to state that since some people might take that seriously, lol. But the blog was a good outlet for me in my 20s when I had a lot going on and needed writing as an emotional release. I am thankful for the opportunity.

There was a time when a lot of viewers here were saying things were moving too fast and that is always a situation of "be careful what you wish for". Last year the show was running through a ton of story now it's much slower.

Leslie's farewell to Derek was so moving. How could anyone not buy that genuine grief? /sarc

The fact that Ted is still best friends with Carlton after Carlton started seeing his ex-wife is very unrealistic because men do not act like that. As far as Carlton and Kial go I would say that it is a mix of realistic and unrealistic. If a woman is open to regular sex with a man with no attachments then he's going to keep seeing her and Kial has been the one more open to casual. Realistically, Carlton would have been the one to step back, but on the other hand he has a creepy, long-time stalker vibe towards Nicole.

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Daphnee has mentioned some health issues on her Instagram. I'm not sure any of them lined up with the filming schedule around the time of the cotillion episodes, but that might have been an issue.

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When I mentioned Emmy nominations I was referring to how I think the producers think and who the writers want to give material that could snag a nomination. Ernestine has had some other good material this year that could go into a reel and could be surprise nomination but with CBS being owned by people who will no doubt push DEI for White people, I can BTG trying to balance balance their prenoms. Last year's material clearly showcased the Black actors more and that means this year's prenoms are going to be mostly Black. I think Jen Jacob's performance today was decent, but still rather mild for an Emmy nomination.