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On 4/24/2020 at 7:15 PM, provocative said:

Exactly. In the past Bo and Shawn were only tangentially involved if ever something happened to Victor (and vice versa) but now Ciara is keeping vigil by his bedside, calling him "grandpa", calling Sonny "cuz" and acting like a mainstay Kiriakis. Ew

The Kiriakises have just become more important to modern DAYS than the Bradys. With Shawn and Caroline gone, Bo and Shawn D gone, Sami and Carrie gone, Josh Taylor's Roman's failure to launch, the Bradys just aren't a major part of Salem anymore.

1 minute ago, victoria foxton said:

Was it me or were Ben and Stefan/Jake giving off homoertic vibes?

Yes. No complaints from me.

Josh Morrow’s suspenders were adorable. I wish that look would come back. 

Please take it to off topic, y'all. Part of the beauty of these Y&R classic episodes are that they're taking me back to a simpler (better) time.

90s Y&R rules. 

5 hours ago, Soapsuds said:

Masquerade Ball got a 2.2 rating with 3 million viewers.

Is that better or worse than usual?

12 hours ago, soapfan770 said:

LOL a 2014 B&B ep feels like a regular 2020 episode storyline wise.

I turned it off... had no idea that was supposed to be a classic. Do they not get that when it comes to B&B, if there is no Susan Flannery, it's not a classic?

My CBS affiliate is habitually 10 minutes late on airing these. So annoying. 
 

I don’t love this one as much as last week’s. But it’s still head and shoulders above anything any soap has done in the past 15 years. 

Somehow in alll these years of ATWT fandom, I never heard about CZ's reputation.

But I'm OK with it. The person who brought us Barbara probably should be a bit of a diva.

I think the amazing thing about 90s era Y&R is how effortlessly good it seems. And I remember feeling that way about it at the time compared to other soaps. Everything about it is just so damn competent and you never question that it is going to hit all the beats it needs to. 
 

Even though we knew at the time that it was a cut above other soaps, you really appreciate it even more now. 

11 minutes ago, Faulkner said:

This show just had so much depth (literally and figuratively) and atmosphere. I would be embarrassed to run the current show after this.

I am so amazed by how damn good that episode was. This is why Y&R was such a ratings juggernaut in the 90s. So much happened in one hour of TV, and yet everything that happened felt earned and not cheap. 

This is soooo freakin good. Why can’t they just keep airing sequentially from this episode?

Wow! I love the beach scene! Look how young and sexy they were. 

My local cbs jumped into it at 12:37. No explanation, no nothing. At least I get to see it. 

My local CBS isn’t showing it and isn’t explaining why they’re not showing it. How obnoxious. 

IIRC, that cast photo was taken to commemorate the 11,000th episode.

Guess I’m the only one who thought it was funny. 

I thought it was funny. But the only reason they were able to fool me is that I really could see DAYS doing some of those plot twists.

13 minutes ago, StevieM said:

 

As I wrote above, I am pretty sure that this is an April Fool's episode.

Lmao. OK, the DAYS writers have a way better sense of humor than I thought. Now it’s hilarious! And they totally got me. 

Is there an April thread? Cause I needed to say what the [!@#$%^&*] with today’s episode. 

How many times are people gonna pull guns on each other? This is getting ridiculous. Reminds me of this South Park episode where everyone pulls guns on each other. 

What was Marlena going to do if John hadn’t showed up then?

What the hell was that Ciara/Ben shower scene today? Kudos to them for showing off his body, and he looks great, but WTF @ her lathering him up and then making out with him? WHO WOULD DO THIS? You'd get shaving cream in your mouth!

4 hours ago, victoria foxton said:

They both have such an indifference and mocking contempt.. 

 

I don’t know what they could have done with that material though. It seemed like Chandler was hamming it up.... but it was all so painfully dumb I don’t know what else he could have done. And Freddie is just bad. 

Today's Will/Sonny scenes are so excruciating.

The Lani/wedding scenes are working better than they should. The Lani/Gabi actresses are having fun with the campy material and I hope they keep this rivalry going for a long time.

11 minutes ago, John said:

The Mother Day scenes are flashbacks to May 2020

I get that, but it doesn’t make it any less stupid. of course, I still watched it anyway, so what does that say about me?