Philip referred to Lucas as his brother the other day and now Bo (hated his reaction, Philip is a victim in this too) and it does make family seem important to Philip further showing that his depth of feelings for Claire are important. Family. Who'd have thought Philip would be a family-type man (Hogan's Philip at any rate, JER's Philip definitely was).

Reilly's Philip was a freaking robot. At least Hogan and Johnson give Philip his emotions back.

Reilly's Philip was a freaking robot. At least Hogan and Johnson give Philip his emotions back.

I don't mind the writing for Phillip. It's the acting I hate.

I liked MBE today.

Lumi storyline needs to get a moooove on. They could've been shuffling the items of conversation that've come up in this past month around a bit better so that the drama, even just conversational drama, could be capitalized on better.

I feel like all this EJ/Dimera stuff is getting diluted by being on in the ways it has been on so much lately. I would rather see the Eeeviol make its appearances in select places. If they're gonna play things so maliciously then I also need to see depth in the sympathetic parts of the story to get a sense of the stakes. I feel all this Eeeviol is happening yet I have no sense of the community of protagonists and it's falling a bit flat for me.

I don't understand Philip. He's a young guy, with lots of money, why is he obsessing over a child that doesn't belong to him? In fact why are these young characters stuck with children? Their stories should be full of excitement and romance and instead they are burdened with children and they have no lives. I don't have any interest in watching them.

I felt kayla could have stopped what was going on. She came off very weak to me. Poor John.

Once again Sami is in denial

Tell me about it! She's still crying rape I see!

Can't wait until Celeste finds out she MANIPULATED her by playing the rape card. I like Sami but she shouldn't exploit a real tragedy like that to justify her DECISION to sleep with EJ.

I'm finally watching..and the end actually surprised me...I had no idea that kayla would call the cops and alert them that john was there..I was worried steve would convince her to keep it a secret..i actually feel much better about kayla now...She did what she had to, but now she's making sure john is returned to the hospital...Honestly i didn't realize john would be returned so quickly..i thought he'd be missing for months..

Sami and Ej's scenes were great..I love when these two are at each other's throats...i don't like them as a romantic couple, but they have so much chemistry...

Tell me about it! She's still crying rape I see!

Can't wait until Celeste finds out she MANIPULATED her by playing the rape card. I like Sami but she shouldn't exploit a real tragedy like that to justify her DECISION to sleep with EJ.

Sami didn't play the "rape card" with Celeste. She recounted the events exactly as they had happened...that EJ would have let Lucas die unless she had sex with him. It was Celeste who (correctly) used the term RAPE.

Honestly i didn't realize john would be returned so quickly..i thought he'd be missing for months.

You're still stuck in Reilly's way of writing. Had he wrote this, John would be missing until May sweeps where we would get a huge reunion for John and Marlena. However, Hogan is a realistic writer and fast paced. I love it!

I loved the episode....

I can understand how Philip feels...even though he's NOT the biological father of Claire, he basically was the only father that she's ever had....so I can understand why he's so intense to get her back....

EJ is riding my nerves a little, but I love him...the man his on fire in weaving trouble for everyone he comes in contact with.

Looking forward in seeing some Chelsea and Nick (CHICK) for Weds......

Sami didn't play the "rape card" with Celeste. She recounted the events exactly as they had happened...that EJ would have let Lucas die unless she had sex with him. It was Celeste who (correctly) used the term RAPE.

Thanks Ponz for verbalizing my thoughts on this.

Regarding rape...

"No" means "no."

"I don't know" means "no."

"Maybe" means "no."

"Yes" after many "nos" means "no."

"Yes" means "yes."

Regarding rape...

"No" means "no."

"I don't know" means "no."

"Maybe" means "no."

"Yes" after many "nos" means "no."

"Yes" means "yes."

Thanks for that lesson, Mom.

Thanks for that lesson, Mom.

No problem. But you better be careful... that response is dangerously close to being too short for SON.

-Mom

Regarding rape...

"No" means "no."

"I don't know" means "no."

"Maybe" means "no."

"Yes" after many "nos" means "no."

"Yes" means "yes."

Isen't it sad that it even needs to be said over and over again?

And let me just make sure I have text so my emoticon doesn't raise any hairs on the board.