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How disappointing this wasn’t an Ashley, Derek, or Martin being replaced… I peeped Keith in a behind the scenes video with Andre’s actor during premiere week, had no idea he’d be joining as the shows first recast lol. He is a great actor so I look forward to seeing his take on the role. Good luck to Maurice Johnson he’s been a good champion for the show and he worked well onscreen at least.

I laughed at Jason telling Carly her relationship with Jack is over 😂 these characters are in their big 50’s still doing the toxic life interfering merry go round. Lucas giving Carly hell for sticking beside this clown was good too I’m glad Ava told Alexis she’s enabling Kristina’s delusions at this point. I’m ready for Kristina to go fully unhinged at this point, her scenes with Lucky and Dante are the only other times she’s tolerable. Loved Lucky telling Liz he’s not going anywhere, hopefully he sticks by that and we get happy LnL2 for a minute. Daniel Cosgrove is oozing sleaze in this councilman role. I support anyone giving Laura hell tbh and Drew does need an ally. I’m really enjoying Portia being blackmailed by Drew and her odd little friendship with Ava. BK deserves something fun to do and dare I say she and CM have decent chemistry. I’d be here for a Portia and Drew rump after everything blows up and Curtis dumps her for or cheats with Jordan. Curious to see what Nina finds in Drew’s safe. Trina and Kai remain a snoozefest I had no idea this was the same person, wow….

I think Brad Bell is starting a succession plan for Bold and Heather Tom and Lawrence St Victor are apart of it. Congrats to HT for making history

i enjoyed Chase having a go at Lulu on Brook Lynn’s behalf lol, first time his character has been interesting to me. I hope they use this Dante and Brook Lynn secret baby plot to activate a more dangerous and scheming side to him. I can’t remember the last time I was so unbothered watching one of my favorites on their deathbed 😂 Been loving the moments of Carly with Felicia, Jason and Sonny though. I need Carly to dump Brennan ASAP this loser couldn’t even shoot a bullet at Valentin at least? Alcazar and even Jax would never be such punks. Honestly none of this Valentin stuff has worked for me. I don’t get why Sonny didn’t kill him, why he came back to Port Charles, the weird scenes with Lulu and Laura, whether his telling Sonny that Brennan was behind the med swap is a serious retcon or just his character lying, etc. Its all just a convoluted flop for me. The rest of the show feels like its just aimlessly plodding along.

Is this Frankie V using the cap space losing Jeff Kober provides? 😂 When I see Cosgrove I think back on that run in the 00s where every long running show he’d join got cancelled. Its a miracle Days is still chugging.

The episodes with Ron C (and Gregori J Martin) credited for writing have been of noticeably poorer quality for me. Pointing that out doesn’t mean automatically not trusting MVJ or wanting the show to fail, its just calling a spade a spade.

Did you mean Andre instead of Ted? I don’t see how Ted would factor in their story in that way. Overall I disagree and don’t think its harsh at all. We’re going into the fourth week now so I think its more than fair to point out what is or isn’t working on the show at this stage for us as viewers. With the amount of screen time and focus they’ve carried so far, Ashley and Derek are a complete chop on every level for me, from acting to writing and chemistry. When they come on I feel like I accidentally changed the channel to a show I immediately want to turn off. I do hope they get better but that triangle the show is setting up with Andre ain’t working so far either. 🤷🏾‍♂️

Agreed. GH needs a better lead in or a stronger viewer timeslot placement in the lineup.

Considering Ashley and Derek are peers with Jacob and Naomi those two wouldn’t even be considered choices for the roles IMO. I couldn’t see either of them overshadowing the core cast at BTG either, SC got lucky Brad Bell was obsessed with the Steffy/Liam/Hope merry go round for as long as he was but he’s since been parked to the side for Liberty Biberty of all ppl and was never truly valued at GH or OLTL. Eden Riegal was amazing as Bianca but look at how bad she struggled at YR, lmao. She could’ve been good as Ashley’s mother maybe.

Naw lol. You could have cast from that daytime pool of Evan Hoffer and Victoria Konefal/Lindsay Arnold types and been just fine. I can almost see what they saw in Jen Jacobs but she seems more suited for a one season female cop replacement on a “gritty” prime time procedural than a rootable, makes you fall in love on sight soap opera heroine. I find a lot of the preproduction contract character castings to be quite mid grade and unsuitable. JHC should utilize the Darnell Williams connection and have him come on to coach the less experienced cast like he used to do at AMC bts for years.

I do wonder how the show will address the general reception to Ashley and Derek going forward. Just based off convos I’ve had with fellow viewers irl and glancing through various forums and socials I’ve heard mostly dislike and indifference towards them. And it only seems to get worse with each episode.

I agree. I think what we’re watching is Dani have a complete and total breakdown. The constant drinking and erratic behavior isn’t being written to put her in a badass hero or villain position but to display how broken and unhinged the divorce and Bill and Hayley’s intrusion of her territory has left her. This is a story set up for her to go to the darkest low and come out of the other side eventually. I agree with everyone saying todays episode was boring though, I might even say worst of the lot for me so far. A lot of the stories felt very stale and contrived in a way the show had thus far managed to avoid for me. I went back to the in episode credits after finishing and seeing RC’s name listed explained it all for me. 😑 I get Dani losing it again after seeing Bill and Hayley’s instagram photo dump but the hijinks of her sneaking past the neighborhood security into their house joking about bombs and passing out drunk didn’t land well for me. The scenes with her talking to herself while drinking were especially cringe. Not Karla’s fault either just cheeky writing IMO. There was way too much Andre/Ashley/Derek as well. No parts of this triangle work for me. I see no chemistry between anyone and constantly having black characters telling Ashley and Derek how amazing and good at their work they are is straight insufferable at this point. I don’t care if Derek is about to turn uber jealous or angry because of his injury either,I need recasts or this whole set of the canvas to be dropped (Nurse Shanice not included) I was looking forward to Kat and Tomas but yeah his acting is awful, I can see why they’ve kept his screen time minimal so far. Kat and her actress are still one of my favorites though 🖤 and I like that she is on her Donna Martin and still a virgin until meeting the right person without coming off like a shut in freak. I have to give big credit to this shows writers for how they’ve handled sex and sexuality so far, nothing has felt after school special or awkward. Anita, Vernon and Nicole didn’t get to do much today other than be talk to’s for everybody else but I do hope Anota and Vernon get Dani put of Bill’s house before he and Hayley can see. Minus my Nicole having to counsel Andre over his obsession with Nurse Basic the previews for next week look good. Eva vs Kat, Dani vs Hayley is always must see for me.

I just saw a video of Tyler expressing his annoyance with the creatives who took over some of his shows, the choices they made, and viewing numbers lost and was wondering if Jamey was one of the ones he was bitching about but maybe not if the show he tookover still maintained good ratings. TP is very aggy here

Yes but she was able to deliver it naturally. He is continuously the weak acting link in every scene he’s in, even the teenagers are stronger and this is their second episode. IDK if he’s trying to mimic Tamara Tunie and Clifton Davis’ diction or remembering his lines just makes it too hard for him but its becoming a big detriment for me.

That Eva and Martin scene just highlighted how awful his line delivery is. I hope to God someone bts talked to the actor or seeing the actual show makes him want to improve because he is such a tough watch for me

I got behind on episodes but played a little catch up this morning Amanda Setton and Alexa Havins did great work with the baby reveal, Amanda Setton definitely deserves an Emmy nom this year. I feel bad for Brook Lynn not only having her secret exposed but having Lulu berating her and carelessly sharing information about the child Brook Lynn wasn’t even aware of. Lois and Grandma-ma Cerullo ain’t sh!t The Tracy vs Drew feud has been 🔥 I love how the Q’s, Gio, Emma and Laura stood up for Tracy when it came to the potential crypt moving and Drew vs Tracy at the police station was excellent. Him arrogantly reminding Tracy she’s been banished from the family before and he plans on being back on the inside and pushing her out was good stuff. Liz and Lucky trying to get it in and being interrupted by Carly, Aidan and Laura was hilarious btw. The rest of the show is kind of ho hum for me. I didn’t truly understand the hardcore Charlotte hate until she went off on Anna, what an annoying brat Jason and Anna should have left her with Valentine. I’m still bothered Sasha made such a fuss over not wanting Michael known as her baby daddy but is happily lying about it being Jason. I feel like Carly should be more indignant about Jason not being the father as well hopefully we get some good Jarly scenes soon.

Interesting…well based off their credited work so far, Gregori and Cheryl have put together my least favorite episodes. 😬

And JG has wrote nothing but boredom for those two alongside Mark Grossman and Courtney Hope for ages now, the four of them had to pitch Josh the mediocre quadrangle they were in. I hope BF is getting paid well while he’s there should he end up going the way of Robert Newman, TSJ, Keemo’s daughter, Theo, etc

Finally figured out who Nurse Ashley reminds me of Ashley’s presence on the show annoys me in the same way Sam grated on my nerves on Melrose Place too. The scenes with Derek in the hospital were chemistry lacking and nothing but cringe I’m not totally invested in the McBride’s either so Nicole/Eva/Leslie did a lot of heavy lifting in this episode for me. I hope Eva doesn’t let her crazy mama wreck Nicole’s award ceremony. Shout out to Daphnee Duplaix for being in every episode so far btw 🫡 Martin and Smitty’s kids seem like decent casting so far and while I don’t care about the marriage problems I am interested to learn what hell Martin did thats causing the bad dreams and Anita and Vernon to play coverup. Catching up on the thread and that’s exactly what they give me. Specifically Sonny and Carly towards the Sam and Alcazar affairs and the official divorce. I’m loving the toxic mess they’re bringing tbh. The competing press conferences segment was one of the best things the show has done so far

Him moving to Y&R so swiftly feels like Sony knew they couldn’t afford to keep him at DOOL but didn’t want to lose him to the other shows and plopped him over. Knowing JG I’m sure there is no real longterm planning here so I wish BF luck. He would have made a good Michael or Dillon recast at GH or Thomas at Bold

Nicola having Zach roughed up 🔥 I wish she wasn’t only a Mitchell by marriage because she’s been the superior family addition

Tunie has also mentioned sending a mass email to the cast about professionalism and how to bring your A game when doing a soap after the first couple of weeks of filming went a little too slow. Very curious how the show improves overall in the coming months.

I’m glad Tracy got to point out Sonny’s grooming ways, I could have done without her propping Gio by praising him for taking the blood money anyway. Lulu and Carly’s scenes were great. Alexa Havins did good work when Lulu talked about her abortion and same for LW when talking about how Bobbie was in a similar position as Brook Lynn and the history of Carly hiding Michael’s true paternity and Robin blowing it up. Looking forward to Lulu confronting Brook Lynn tomorrow.

I’ve enjoyed the last few episodes with Lulu investigating Martin and stumbling into finding out about Brook Lynn having Dante’s kid as a teen. The hijinks with Maxie and Spinelli these last couple of days sold me lol I love that kind of stuff. The last scenes with Lulu tricking Cody into confirming everything were good as well, I’m still confused why they’re forcing the Molly and Cody pairing when he and Lulu have better chemistry and she actually makes him likable. It would add another layer of drama to this paternity reveal story too but whatever. Lulu asking Carly for advice will have me happily tuned in tomorrow as well Speaking of my favorite I hate that Carly is dating a guy who would use her daughter this way. I wonder how far they will go with this WSB plot, imagine Joss developing a crush on Brennan and she ends up sleeping with him while he’s still with Carly? I have no more investment in Jackly with this recasting so I hope they blow it up as far as possible and give us some decent drama Danny and Rocco fighting over giving Jason info on Charlotte was a nice set of scenes, I appreciate their continued bond. Jason and Anna > Jason and Sasha at this point so I like them teaming up to get Charlotte but its so obvious this writing regime uses the same story playbook on repeat. Isn’t this like their 3rd or 4th caper in a year? Maura West looks amazing every episode she’s in. I enjoyed Portia going to her for advice on being blackmailed by Drew. Emma and Gio are cool as the generic young couple and I do love seeing Kristina Wagner and Rena Sofer running around the canvas

Very happy that today’s episode had heavy focus on Nicole’s side of the canvas, Daphnee Duplaix is magnificent as a leading soap lady and should have been one years ago. Something very classically late 60s-70s soap opera about the way the Richardson clan is presented on the show and it makes them my favorites. Kat vs Eva was amazing. These two are the best of the younger crop because their characters are the most distinctive on screen just based off of performance choices by the actresses. I like that Kat spotted Eva’s fraudulence right out of the gate and put her on notice, also appreciate the added realism of Kat immediately searching Eva’s socials too—the other soaps still don’t understand how much more accessible certain information is. Playing these could be sisters against each other early highlighted their acting talent and I can’t wait to see more. I felt bad for Eva getting ignored by Ted, dragged by Kat and manipulated by Leslie. I don’t trust Leslie’s interpretation of events and I hope Dr Ted ends up not being a deadbeat father. Martin was much more natural with his direct relatives. I don’t trust Smitty at all, he seems like a snake in the grass who will end up selling the family out for a story. The way Martin treats him will only make it easier to do so. Vanessa cheating on her gambling addict Darnell Williams look a like husband is some fun mess. Curious how bad things get for them once the loansharks come knocking After Jacob let Dani run amuck at the wedding then got dismissed from the family meeting by Naomi I can’t take him serious in the cop role, sorry lol. Good casting for Jacob’s dad though and he gave sound advice. Now that we’re seeing the series operating with a full writing staff it should be interesting to see what vibe the show settles into. Definitely got a break from Dani/Bill/Hayley drama just in time and its also nice to be without the two unexciting whites hogging airtime in the boring triangle with Andre. Still pinching myself in disbelief that this show even exists but I’m enjoying every moment.