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I’m sad Clenshaw is leaving man, he brought me back as a viewer with Cindy’s return and the quality maintenance of the show under him has been consistently entertaining and made EastEnders by far the best soap on air IMO. Glad he’ll still be showrunning the 40th and I hope the new producer keeps the train running well.

One thing I found interesting was that ABC made sure to highlight High Potential’s performance in the top 15 on Hulu this week. GH maintains a spot there regularly but I’ve yet to see a presser from them hyping that up. I wish we could get the official numbers and I wonder if the show would make the streamer charts if more episodes were made available longer than 2 weeks. 🤔

I wouldn’t say that. He was being protective of his sister by calling Diane over but he didn’t suddenly turn into a Sonny cape defender or betray his badge. I really liked seeing him and Chase at odds though and Chase in serious cop mode was the most interesting he’s been IMO, I hope they play their dynamic more like this. I enjoyed todays show. I hate that Carly is back tangled in Sonny’s web of murder so I’m glad Sam went in on her. Sam vs Carly is such a rich dynamic and I’m sad they barely scratched the surface of reigniting it all year but today was a great showing at least. Good digs of truth from both sides and I had to laugh at them doing all that arguing in front of comatose Lulu 😂 Curious how Molly and Martin (no Tad) think they could ever put enough pressure to get Carly to crack Jordan and Isaiah discussing her grief over Irene was nice to see. Also enjoyed her scenes with Alexis even though she accepted her explanation for filing the custody paperwork for Kristina way too quickly for my liking. Kristina and Sonny’s scenes talking about mental health were nice but he lost me at the end with the talk around the bush in regards to killing Jagger. This story has zapped away any redeeming qualities I still saw for him. Finally some real movement with operation Save Our Spencers. I liked Anna and Jason trolling Sidwell and him getting to the bottom of Holly’s connection to all of them but him making everybody play a poker game for freedom as the cliffhanger was so damn lame lol. We better get a good action sequence when they finally make their escape.

I don’t even know what they could do to boost the numbers at this point but its clear Sonny, Jason, Alexis, Kristina and co as airtime heavy leads isn’t working for the audience. If they end up bleeding more viewers with Monaco’s exit, woof.

I let episodes pile up during the DirectTV dispute and lost a lot of my enthusiasm to watch but I caught up on everything today before Hulu could purge. Loved all the Davis girl drama with Alexis getting clink clinked for Sonny killing Jagger. Lindsay Hartley is a massive upgrade as Sam onscreen, she did more in three days than Kelly Monaco has since I tuned back in this last year or so. Loved her scenes confronting Michael and talking about Jason and Lucky being deadbeats with Elizabeth and Danny overhearing. Sam preparing to take a deep dive to prove Alexis innocence had me 💀 they aren’t being subtle with where this story is going at all and I had to laugh at them having Lindsay play the set up for it. Frank was definitely trolling Monaco at this point BTS Molly’s scenes venting to Dex at the bar today were more good work from K Vaganos. Kristina and Felicia’s counseling session last week also had nice performances from Mansi and K Wagner, though I still want somebody to smack Kristina every time she calls baby Irene Adela I’m glad her PTSD was finally addressed on screen. I also really loved the Molly and Kristina office confrontation that aired in contrast with the amazing Sonny and Ric face off at Ava’s gallery. Rick Hearst really made Maurice Bernard level up and Maura West lurking in the background was chefs kiss. I’m glad the show has finally started using Becky Herbst for real, loved Liz friend-zoning Ric. Lucky hallucinating Liz reading him the riot act for abandoning their family was absolutely the best scene of his return so far. The poker playing with Sidwell has gotten old real fast and while I’m enjoying Anna and Jason teaming up and Holly trolling around, I hope this Save Our Spencers adventure wraps up by the end of the week and everyone gets back to Port Charles. I love Carly’s renewed Spencer family interest and yearning to repair her relationship with Lulu. Jack and Carly are still a fun pairing as well and Josslyn giving her mama hell for protecting Sonny again has been excellent. Jordan has also gotten a lot of airtime with this protect Isaiah crusade and I’m not mad even though the actress is still very much robotic. She and Isaiah have okay chemistry, loved her running Cyrus out of his room and I like her better in this more active role as opposed to the useless deputy mayor stuff or having to entertain Stephen A during his Disney contract pop ups. Super happy Stella got Trina to go back to school and I support Portia switching Heather’s lab results to keep her kooky ass in jail, hope she gets away with it and Brad takes the fall. This rebooted writing regime has made me lose interest in the Nina/Drew/Willow/Michael quad. Willow’s constant angst bores me, Drew comes off like a creep and Nina and Michael are just kind of pathetic. The heat and intrigue is all gone because of the slowness and lack of sex. I still don’t give a damn about anything Sasha and Cody got going on either and Tracy deserves better than to have to prop them. Frank V is really determined to make something shake with Gio but he’s still a bore though I do love his dynamic with Lois. Him, Trina and Joss are just way too goody goody man, bring Emma on as a bitch, recast Spencer and Cam or call Maurice Bernard’s son back and let him be the moody trainwreck of the group and get something interesting going. No early 20s set should be so boring. The show is still decent overall but I’m not as enthused by some of the story direction post Jagger’s killing which has made it easier to let episode viewing get delayed for me. They still got my viewership locked in for this Spencer family resurgence though

I will never forgive Mal Young for killing her off. I used to want Phyllis and Neil to have faked her death and swept her to a secret facility that could keep her alive but comatose and not tell Devon just in case she didn’t make it, that or a crazed GC Buzz fan. With the latest backstory of Hilary and Amanda’s rich birth family they can just say one of them already knew about the relation and took her.

Yeah I love it too. “Beyond” just adds a sense of mystery and intrigue to the title and indicates how the scope can go further than just the well off characters already in the neighborhood. I hope CBS goes into the nostalgia bag and has Clarence come back and do some promos for the show so we can get him saying the title dramatic as hell. Cool to see wardrobe fittings at the studio now in progress too.

Announcing the casting on CBS Morning was really smart, I hope we continue to see this kind of network synergy for the promotion. I see the show is trending in the US on Twitter as well and not just on “For You” tab people often mistake as proper trending. This momentum is exciting.

Amazing news all around. Much prefer the new title and the logo looks great Tamara Tunie is a legend, great to have her back in Daytime. That period of B&B where Karla Mosley and the Avant family became mainstays was the last time the show was must watch tv for me so glad to see her in a lead role. Daphnee Duplaix has been my baby since that one episode of Angel back in the day. Both Passions and OLTL did her dirty if you ask me, this sounds like a perfect role for her.

They offered to help her with what, her performances or something to do with personal life? I believe @jasonminer1974 is inferring if she had just played along with the JaSam reunion during SB’s last return instead of making her preference for working with Billy Miller blatantly clear on screen and off she wouldn’t be in this current situation.

Yeah I want this to happen but I have a hard time seeing Paramount getting it done right now. I wish they would get Darren Star involved as well.

Welp Kelly’s finally going scorched earth with her adding the @‘s of Disney execs to her IG post and recent retweets of posts calling for Frank’s firing, one with a comment from Billy Miller’s mom bashing FV attached.💀 Oh to be a fly on the wall for her last tape dates…

Not having Pine Valley shenanigans on my screen for all these years has left an empty space in my heart so this is exciting but the previous false starts leave me cautious. Being able to check in on the Kane’s, Martin’s, Chandler’s and Hubbards again would heal a little bit of me for real lol. I really hope this all works out

We deserve one last block spin for Erica Kane, I hope something happens.

Great casting IMO, can’t wait to see Alexa back on my screen 😍

Wow had no idea she was a powder head 😂 and they have her being the Quatermaine milk maid, what the hell.

I can’t even remember the last time somebody did coke or any other hard drug in daytime knowingly.

Due to the ABC and DirectTV beef I had to go and buy an antenna to be able to catch the show live 🤦🏾‍♂️ just watched the recent two episodes on Hulu though I really wish they had let who shot Jagger be a mystery. Its hard for me to fully care about a lot of the material happening now when we already know Sonny did it in cold blood. They took away at least a month’s worth of tension and suspense that could’ve been played up. Classic CVE wrong turn with a semi interesting setup, as entertaining as the show has been daily I knew the cracks would start to show eventually with him back in charge and here we are. Michael and Carly just readily helping Sonny cover up the murder is true to character but definitely feels been there done this. I laughed at Nina and Tracy’s reactions to Carly and Sonny waltzing into the Q living room to sell the alibi and was glad when Tracy immediately pegged Sonny as Jagger’s killer. MB and LW have an easy on screen dynamic but I’m really not interested in another round of CarSon man, ugh. Kristina’s grief at the grave site did not work for me at all and I really need her to get checked for the “my baby” spiels again, preferably with someone giving her a good ole Stephanie Forrester slap. They framed the gun taking as just looking for justice against Ava and Jagger in her scenes with Michael but I still hope they go deeper than that. What I did love was her scenes with Sam and Alexis on Tuesday’s show. Glad we finally got to see Sam and Kristina connect over losing their babies right at the delivery finish line. I’m still holding out hope the show reverses a certain decision…. I was so proud of Liz dumping Finn the second he went off the rails so her letting Ric charm her like this is a bit sad for me. That said, Rebecca H and Rick H still have stellar chemistry. Them peeping Alexis tossing Sonny’s gun off the bridge was funny. This Jason and Ava team up has been surprisingly interesting. Loved their scenes taking down the fake agent, Maura West did some good work there with Ava reclaiming her power. Then the scenes for Wednesday’s show with Diane having to defend them both and Anna revealing Jagger’s death were cool too. Anna telling Jason she was proud of him for calling the police was hilarious, this is still one of my favorite dynamics on the show. Jordan’s deep interest in identifying Isaiah is a little clunky for me but at least she finally has something to do. Stephen A Smith trying to mack on her is always kind of odd to view, I can never take their scenes seriously and it takes me out of the viewing experience a bit. Shout out to him for making that Disney contract work to his advantage though. Willow and Drew and their “morals” are grating on my nerves now, just hunch already lol. I’m glad Holly showed up when she did because Lucky and his captor playing cards was so boring. I did appreciate the LnL2 flashback though. Emma Samms looks amazing my goodness 🔥 Tristan Rogers’ appearance did shock me a few episodes back but he was fine in his scenes with Mac. I’m actually glad he’s back onscreen which is funny because I disliked him for years at Y&R and during his Guza era returns. Overall the show is still decent but some of these story turns feel a little too back to basics. Still curious how the rest of the week goes.

I haven’t thought about Lindsey McKeon in years but I liked her as Marah even though she got some awful storylines. I could see her as a suitable Lulu. Jennifer Landon is the most interesting choice IMO but I could also see the audience rejecting her brand of acting even though she matches the Spencer vibe perfectly. Alexa Havins I could see being the most successful of the three, she’s got that fire in her and is a chemistry magnet. She’d be my pick if I’m tptb. Part of me hopes they don’t even announce who got the role and the camera just pans over to Lulu’s hospital bed one episode and we hear “The role of Lulu will now be portrayed by…” voiceover.

We knew Jagger was going under the bus but I wasn’t expecting Sonny to actually just shoot him lol, wow and he even fired multiple shots too. 😂 We got all of these scenes of Sonny trying to repent to his loved ones for his unmedicated behavior, today’s with Dante being particularly touching IMO only for him to still be a callous, vengeful murderer at the end of the day. The big confrontation at the Q boat house had me at the edge of my seat and didn’t disappoint. Curious how the writers try to get Sonny out of this hole. For a moment I thought Kristina would be the one to put a bullet in Jagger after his rotten behavior at the PCPD and her taking Alexis keys and Sonny’s gun, so kudos on that fake out. Now it looks like she’s headed for a suicide attempt at baby Irene’s grave instead which…woof. Drew put that dirty mack work in on Willow, I laughed so hard at the talk of being there for family while not realizing Michael was blowing up Willow’s phone worried and looking for her. I buy Drew being sad over losing a mentor and wishing he’d met Alan but it also came off like a scoundrel using whatever play he could just to get Willow more sympathetic and willing to give him some sex. I hope they full out hunch next episode. Ava trying to convince Jagger’s flunky not to kill her was hilarious. Then the car accident with Isaiah, will be interesting to see the dynamic there. JJ and the writers are really morphing Lucky into Luke Jr which I dig. The show got so much heat from the audience and JJ himself for relying on his emotional performances too much during his last lengthy run and this is a much more interesting take on the character. Maxie and Felicia’s scenes at the hospital with Lulu were nice. I appreciated the touch on medical bias against patients who aren’t seen to be viable long term. Carly actually apologizing to Dante and Brook Lynn showed a lot of growth. They really do seem to be hinting at Brook Lynn and Dante hiding a kid and it being Gio which would explain why his family backstory seemed so off. I’m actually kind of alright with the idea. Overall solid episode and week for the show. Loved the use of the storm to create a dramatic atmosphere while all of these storylines came to a boiling point and looking forward to next Tuesday.

I loved Jagger vs Kristina today. Him charging her for baby Irene’s murder and the way she went from weeping and begging him to let her go whenever she had a familiar audience to then calling him a son of a bitch and saying he won’t use her to go after Sonny as soon as Dex and Alexis weren’t around was good stuff. Kate Mansi played that little flip switch well, I’m pulling for Kristina to go full out Cassadine/Corinthos. Carly and Sonny on good terms does nothing for me, I hate how they’ve wrapped up the beef with the toxic trio with this med switch reveal. Carly vs Dante on the other hand was a fun revisit. That’s still one of my favorite Carly storylines with LW in the role and DZ is doing a great job playing Dante letting his guilt for leaving Lulu when he did cause him to lash out. Drew’s lack of subtlety when it comes to creeping on Willow is hilarious. Shouting your nephews wife out like that during a campaign speech should have brought more suspicious eyeballs lol and Michael’s doofus self just cheesing away, almost feel bad for the guy. Drew using the Senators sudden death to get Willow alone was pretty shameless too. Curtis and Portia are a complete snoozefest of a pair. Portia further researching Ric did pique my interest though, I’m hoping Ric taking Heather’s case is leading to him boinking Portia so Brooke Kerr has something more interesting to do. Violet, Chase and Brook Lynn also put me to sleep but I’m curious if they really are hinting at Brook Lynn already having a kid offscreen and it potentially being Gio.

Jen Landon would actually be perfect.

Jagger and Kristina were in a battle for who’s the most crazy today, my word. The Sonny/Alexis/Kristina scene were so interesting to watch lol, Sonny and Alexis were looking at Kristina and each other like “damn she’s lost it”. Good work from all three actors. Y’all already know how I feel every time she calls baby Irene Adela, I hope Molly, Jordan or even Stella hear her do it again and give her a good ole slapping. Kristina trying to convince Jason to off Ava was also kind of wild to hear, glad he talked her off that ledge at least Jagger Jagger Jagger. Its kind of fun watching a character go under the bus like this. Him talking sweet to Ava while it looks like he’s setting up her death, then barging in at Alexis place to lure Sonny in and present his plan for him was all fun stuff to watch. I kind of hope he’s not actually planning to off Ava and Sonny’s just using his unhinged behavior to make it look that way so he takes a nasty fall. Maura West continues to shine btw I loved her hotel scenes with the alleged FBI agent and panicking she might be on a death list. I liked all the Laura and Lucky stuff. She and Kevin are a bit old to be going to foreign countries and saving Lucky but I’m willing to ride with it all. It was nice seeing Laura, Tracy, Kevin, Brennan, Anna, and Robert all interacting in various scenes. Lucky and Isaiah continue to have a fun dynamic too. I guess this rescue mission will be how one of the next returns comes into play. As far as the show being better than it was under PM, it absolutely is. I miss the script quality but the character work and history play has remained pretty decent and the show does hold my attention and satisfy my soapy craving better.

You of all posters saying I sound ridiculous was a good laugh so thank you for that 😂 And yes, conspiracy theories is exactly how they all sound when you step outside the nutso Twitter/FB bubble of toxicity. The tin foil hats are on and instead of aliens and the government controlling everything its big bad Laura Wright, Kate Mansi, Steve Burton, Eden McCoy, now Jonathan Jackson and whatever actor they have irrational dislike for onscreen and off that are the villains. Let them tell it they control the entire show from scripts to editing and these “fans” have to harp on it endlessly, often based on out of context scene clips and social media posts because they “don’t watch the show anymore….but”. 🙄 People really learned nothing from what just went down at Days or this very firing. These actors don’t have anywhere near that kind of power control anymore. This hasn’t been the case since the 00s when these shows got picked off one by one. Constantly blaming and harrassing actors for every little thing you don’t like onscreen and bts and picking apart every social media post is just looney tune behavior. I’m a big Kelly fan but the finger pointing at her costars is just gross and needs to stop. TPTB made this decision.

@dragonfliesHow you took that tweet as confirmation of Kelly’s firing having anything to do with paying JJ or anyone else's salary is beyond me. His return negotiations began months ago and there was already another actor dumped that likely provided salary cap space to bring Jackson back (Michael Easton). The “I hate this character so now I have to make conspiracy theories about the actor and rage hate them too” type fans are odd ducks man.