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I know Doug is a cardiologist and Bill could be having stroke which is neurological, but if Bill has any ties to Joey or Joey owes him a favor then Joey could easily get Doug to help back up a fake stroke scheme.

At this point being sick is the only thing that would get Naomi to soften toward him so he probably is pulling a trick.

I knew that Joey's mother was dead from the minute he started with the whole buying a house routine. And it is no offense to the actor but this whole idea of Joey being captivating and attractive is not selling. Putting the looks aside the character itself comes off as too nefarious to be attractive. It's a guarantee that Hayley will get in Naomi's face saying "You put your father in the hospital" (if he's admitted). And of course Dani will have to rush over to check on him which will trigger a clash with Hayley.

The Duprees are powerful, but not cutthroat or ruthless. What is lacking is one character that is willing to stand up to Bill in a hardcore way.

An interesting twist would be if Leslie got a hold of the information. It has to come out at some point and Bill has to lose his leverage at some point too. Considering that she hates Ted and Nicole it would be great revenge for her to drop a bomb about their son.

Bill went over there playing games with Dani so he is definitely the one in the wrong now. Vernon and Anita expect everyone to sacrifice for Martin and it really isn't fair. If they don't want his secret coming out they should urge him to resign from office and live a completely private life.

This stinky bitch at the White House just interrupted my story with his bullshit. DAMN IT!

Bill is such a slut. He is willing to whore himself out to Dani to make this lawsuit go away. It was amusing to see it happening while Hayley was out harassing Chelsea though. Hayley is doing too much when it comes to lecturing Naomi and Chelsea. Naomi's relationship with Bill very much gives those soap characters who grew up thinking someone else was their father, like Bo and Victor on Days or Margo and John on ATWT. Andre is showing a nastier, manipulative side and that might help this story a bit. Him making Derek's picture look bad was so petty.

It's a very realistic touch to the writing. Plenty of women who marry wealthy men will defend just about anything in order to protect the money.

Leslie was serving Celeste Perrault. Did Martin really say "you're better at it!" about parenting the kids? He is ridiculous. Hayley actually showed signs of being really nasty. She was much harsher toward Naomi than she was toward Dani.

He was giving the "oh really?" expression. Martin is in big trouble now.

Putting in my prediction that Hayley slept with Mike to get that promotion. She seemed to gung ho to testify in his favor. Although she clearly was not pleased with Bill's hysterical women comment so that prediction could be wrong.

Dani asking for vodka in her orange juice was very much alcoholic behavior. Chelsea quitting modeling is going to send her further over the edge. Naomi doesn't much care about what happens with her relationship with her father at this point and that is going to make this story even more exciting because there are no guard rails.

Anita's group is probably going to perform at this police fundraiser. At least that is how it seems it's being set up. Eva faking a knee injury was so over the top but it fits with the scheming. The black spray on Detective Malone's head was very much noticeable. Can't blame hair and makeup for that though because the actor very likely did that himself.

Seeing Hayley confront Naomi over the lawsuit is what I'm really looking forward too. That's a huge overstep for Hayley and it might push Naomi to move forward.

Keith might have been a preferred choice who initially declined but changed his mind after it was clear the show was happening and looked promising.

Michele Val Jean is not going let to anyone derail her vision. This is her creation and any writer fortunate to get a show on the air and run it is going to be protective of it.

The show has been trying to build up chemistry for Andre and Ashley from the start but I'm just not feeling it. It feels like a C or D plot that was crafted after the other stories were crafted.

The odds may be low, but with Beyond The Gates doing so well it's not impossible to see ABC trying to come up with a majority Black soap opera to compete. GMA 3 is not going to last and ABC won't want to give that hour to the local stations.

In the wardrobe episode of the behind the scenes preview it was said that Eva is a thrifter.

Exactly the parallel I see too. It would be fun to see that Hayley lied about not having family because she just doesn't like her relatives for being poor.

Jenifer Lewis might be out of the shows budget but she would be a good choice to play one of Anita's group mates. I think can play a serious role and dial back the comedy. I think Hayley is more interested in status than Bill. Having him is useless without being in with the in-crowd.

Forgot to discuss how Hayley got a promotion after Mike retaliated against the receptionist. What exactly did Hayley do for that promotion?

Kat made herself look really childish with that "you're in my seat" stunt. Her suspicions about Eva are not wrong, but she's too worried about making fun of her clothes and feeling threatened by her presence than trying to find out what she's up to. Eva is pushing her buttons because she is figuring out how easy it is to set Kat off. Hayley being ignored at the country club was hilarious. At one point I thought she was going to get loud, but she did have enough sense to just leave. Naomi suing Bill would be quite a good story to watch. Of course it gives Bill another reason to engage with Dani because he was certainly blame her. Bill has some decency. I liked how he told that creepy partner to back off talking about Kat. Dani laying on the floor at the end was a perfect soap scene. It really is opening the door to how damaged she is and that her family doesn't know the extent.

Mary Jenkins was less strict than Martin. She let Brenda start dating at 16. And the way Martin said "horny little bastards" was like a bad knock off of those transatlantic actresses.