I'm loving this show more and more....

First off, Belle is only keeping Shawn away from Claire because she's jealous that she didn't automatically become a item in his life again.

I knew that Caroline would bring the peace between Lexie and the rest of the Brady's, especially where Steve and Kayla are concerned.

Today's show was pretty good.

I hate Willow! Shelle 4evs!

ugh HATE HATE HATE Willow. Stupid [!@#$%^&*]. I hope Belle [!@#$%^&*]slaps her.

I want Belle to pound her face.

A pretty boring show today, but still some of the best we've gotten in a long time...

I hate Willow, but man do I love Shawn and Belle apart if it gives me Backbone!Belle.

I loved the Brady story again, I totally thought EJ was playing reverse psychology on Sami until he went to Kate to tell her he was giving up...then again, he's probably playing her, too. Delicious! Poor Sami...I wasn't big on Will's instantaneous loss of faith the second Bo arrived, and Bo certainly didn't make it any better...he had no reason to suspect her (though, in his defense, no reason not to, I suppose...)

I still wish Lexie would revert to her DiMera ways, and then have to fight that inward battle between those urges and her own personal morals, and not necessarily because of Abe, but more because of her son. I don't think she could ever go totally evil again.

I almost hate to say it, but I've been looking so forward to Max & Mimi & Abby that them missing and Stephen Nichols being unconscious and unseen made for a pretty boring episode today - I can see myself really enjoying the character of Max - he's finally being characterized as someone and Darin Brooks' natural abiliy will shine through the whole way, I can tell.

Ugh I cannot stand Shawn anymore. Belle was totally right with everything that she said. He should NOT be allowed to see Clair until he gets his life straightened out and kicks Willow to the curb. I still don't see the point of Willow. Jan made a way better obstacle.

PLEASE! Don't even try to compare Jan with Willow. Jan was a complete one-note psychopath. She had a total obsession of Shawn and that's all we ever seen. At least Hogan's tying to build Willow up as a character rather than a plot device like JER did with Jan.

What can I say, I love me some SHALLOW!

I love that Belle finally has a backbone, but Shawn totally pulled her card today about her being more mad that they didn't get back together after Phillip left and he and Mimi broke up than him coming to see Claire so late at night.

I knew there was a reason I had to trademark my signature.

Jan was one-note, but she was entertaining as all hell. And awesome. It doesn't matter who created who. Hogan can create bad characters just as easily as anyone else. I am loving DAYS now, but I have noticed this already, and I don't like it. I hate how Hogan can sh!t, and people are calling it gold just because it's him.

Willow is looking more and more like Hilary Duff with fish lips.

Jan was one-note, but she was entertaining as all hell. And awesome. It doesn't matter who created who. Hogan can create bad characters just as easily as anyone else. I am loving DAYS now, but I have noticed this already, and I don't like it. I hate how Hogan can sh!t, and people are calling it gold just because it's him.

I've noticed the same thing and I also don't like it. Hogan Sheffer has yet to show me anything that I really, really like, but yet I see post after post at different boards that think he's wonderful. Sorry, but that hasn't happened yet. When it does, I will be shouting from the rooftop.

In regards to Jan. She was a great character that I miss a lot. That was a thing with JER, he liked his b!tches.

Belle has a right to tell Shawn he has to get his act together before he can see Claire. But if Shawn goes back to being her lapdog, then that will be unwatchable as well.

Ahhww, another "week of..." thread thing? What happened to the day-to-day ones. They were fun(ner)!

I am loving Belle's newfound backbone though, and there had better be a scene where Belle tells off Mimi for keeping the truth about her child from her supposed best friend. I like that Belle also still refers to Phillip as Claire's dad. He was. But ya know, he left. Loving Mama!Belle being so fierce! Score!

I'm not just praising Willow because she's a Hogan creation. I get that writers can create good characters and then writers can create bad characters. I love Bonnie. She was a JER creation, same with Tek. Higley was the one that actually created Tek, but JER wrote him as an actual character.

My comment went to psychofan's comment about Jan. Jan may have been entertaining, but that was a whole different DAYS that I hope we never ever see again. The character was so over-the-top and that whole summer cage storyline pained me to even watch the show that I loved. Word of advice to the writers: keep Jan Spears in that coma and never bring her out.

Willow, on the other hand, not only do I like her as a character, but I love what she's doing to Shawn. She is giving him his character back as well. He is no longer the love sick puppy chasing after Belle anymore and that's what I like about her.

Now onto to today's show. It was a pretty good show. I can see why some people said it was boring. It was mainly a filler episode and we'll get those from time to time.

I love how EJ is Sami's backbone. I'm so sick of Lucas weaseling his way into Sami's life again through Will. The way that he comes off is that he is using Will to get back with Sami and I don't like that. Lucas has let Sami down too many times. There is no trust in that relationship and Lucas doesn't deserve Sami. Sami deserves someone who cares for her. I'm not saying that is EJ because we all know he is playing her, or we think so. I think EJ is going to start developing feelings for Sami and it's going to make it very hard for him to do his job.

Loving Kate/EJ! It's so dirty and twisted, but so hot. It takes me back to the Nicholas/Kate days of 99-00.

I hate how forgiving Abe is of Lexie. I understand that Lexie's latest lie doesn't involve him directly, but she is still a liar. I want to see the end of this marriage. They both need to move on. The Carver marriage is beyond boring. Move Lexie back into the mansion and give Abe a new love interest, like Billie?

GO BELLE! She sure told Shawn exactly how it is. Then again, GO SHAWN! He pulled Belle's cards out in the middle of the penthouse like it was his job. He is right though. Belle thought that once the marriages were over, Shawn is Claire's father, they were getting together. Wrong! I had to laugh when Shawn threatened to sue Belle for custody. No judge in their right mind would ever give him custody. Even Belle had to laugh at that one.

Willow is looking more and more like Hilary Duff with fish lips.

Bree........ your posts always give me a good chuckle. I look forward to reading them each day. Thanks for the witty replies that leave me smiling.

As for the show...... I'm LOVING what Hogan is doing with the character of Belle. A few months ago, she would have been whining and hiding from Willow and Shawn. Not any longer. YOU GO GIRL!

Will cracked me up today....... "Here we go again!" Poor kid.