DAYS: Thursday September 6

[Toups]

Kathryn Foster directed yesterday's episode and I believe she directed today's episode too. I'd like to welcome her to DAYS and I know she's going to be a great addition to the directing team.

[DrewH]

Wait, WHAT!? Ed Scott brough Kathryn Foster to DAYS??? Where in the hell was I?

[brimike]

My list of why I love Kathy Foster already:

1) the seamless editing when Santo opened the door to Colleen

2) the cross-dissolve from Santeen to EJami, Santo on one side of the frame, and Sami on the other.

3) the wonderful haunting Irish music playing (okay, that's not a directing choice... but whatever)

4) the shadows on Santo and Colleen's faces... such a contrast between light and dark

More to come...

5) the way she made Ali Sweeney look SO INNOCENt as Colleen before the kiss. When was the last time we saw her look like such a young girl, so defenseless

6) the way the thunder and lightning were edited into both the scene, AND the music

7) a love-making montage that I haven't seen the likes of on this show in I don't even know how long.

8) the shooting of a character I don't like... that actually freaked me out when I saw it on camera. the blood and the convulsing? Wow...

9) the intercutting between Ireland and the hospital building to the two kisses. Suspenseful AND romantic.

10) One hell of a last scene... Colleen and Sami are ripped up over different things, and AS played them both pitch perfectly. And quite differently.

Is this actually NUANCE I see? On Days of Our Lives?????

[Antoyne]

I'm bored.

[MichaelGL]

Interesting brimike I notice the same things also. While I liked the bright filter they used before for the flashbacks, I like seeing the flashbacks better this way too. Music is also good.

Ooo I'm at the part when Colleen and Santo make love for the first time and they switch back Ej and Sami. Great scene.

[IMissAremid]

Yes Toups she did both epis and she is amazing! As I said in the Directors and Writers thread yesterday, I can't remember EVER seeing DOOL look so pretty. Thank you thank you thank you Young and the Restless for being so dumb that you let the fabulous Ed Scott and Kathryn Foster (and who knows who else) get away so that they might share their talents with my favorite soap.

....

As for the rest of the epi...

The airplane crap actually interested me for once. Jeremy running from the cops is a lot more believable plot development for me than the naive and conscience-stricken

guy he was made out to be when he first learned about the human trafficking considering the selfish, arrogant brat he was when he came to Salem. I like Shelly Hennig and I like Darin Brooks and I have no problem with the incest issue because I never saw them as kids however I really just am not feeling them that much so far. His chem is better with Chelsea and I hate her with Jett and Nick right now, so if he's going to be dating one of his nieces I'd rather it be Chelsea. The Jett stuff is kind of immensely ridiculous. I just have to laugh at the idea that a newbie ISA agent would be put in charge of an operation like this involving bringing down his best friend. Usually I can suspend my disbelief about this to not be distracted but when they show Jett ordering around men in suits who look about ten years older than him, I can't do it as hard as I try. Oh and why did they make Ilsa's hair and makeup look so awful? She was such a pretty girl the first epi but when she kissed Max in thanks for her freedom she looked kind of like a drag queen to me. Just because she's a hooker doesn't mean she has to look ugly. OMG OMG OMG the Jett leaning in for the kiss and then being shot and his slowmo reaction like he had been hit by a tranquilizer dart rather than a bullet?!?!?! So fricking hilarious. Oh I loved it!! Too bad the bad guys couldn't have shot more of them. Yeah! Now I am fully on board with this story. LOL at casino security not stopping Rawlings when he puts the gun away in his pants in front of everyone. And where were the paramedics and casino employees when only Chelsea was with Jett's dying body on the casino floor?

Where do I begin when it comes to EJami/Santeen? I know many hate it, but I felt like this episode was manna sent from heaven for me and I won't apologize for enjoying it as such.

Loved the music accompanying all this stuff. Loved the stark lighting and shadows and flames and thunder and rain. Finally DOOL has brought back the romance. The innocent sweetness of Santeen and the jaded storminess of EJami is such a fun dichotomy for me. I love all the insights from EJ and snark from Sami that comes about each other speaking about their ancestors when reading these letters. I love EJ's concern when Sami seems upset and Sami's stubborn refusal to admit that the letters are affecting her. I love that even if we viewers know that up to this point Sami had found the letters extremely romantic and that she does feel like Colleen reincarnated we also get to see her painfully and unsuccessfully try to deny she sees them that way just because she is compelled to be contrary about everything when it comes to EJ. I love it when EJ gives Sami his word about something and Sami calls him out that his word means nothing and I THOUGHT I'D DIED AND GONE TO HEAVEN when EJ tried to get Sami to admit the truth and the woozy Sami just smiled and said "I always tell the truth" and they both grinned at what a fantastic lie that was. These two just know each other so well. And all the stuff from EJ about him loving the good and bad in Sami and everything in between. *swoon* It's exactly what made me fall in love with EJami last fall and it's why I've rooted for this couple even after Dec. 29. It's like they get it, they really get this couple FINALLY. Jodie Scholz, wherever you are, thank you thank you thank you for scripting this EJami love letter today. The drugging thing is kind of silly, but I understand why it had to happen so I won't hold it against anyone, and my RhettandScarlett-adoring heart just smiled when they had Sami throw that vase at EJ. Such delectable soapy goodness.

Now WTF was up with the stare between EJ and Sami after they discussed "I want it to be your decision." Is some sort of rewrite of Dec. 29 in the works? Because it was just an odd beat in that scene IMO because when EJ said that staring into Sami's eyes he didn't look like he felt guilty at all and Sami looked afraid or ashamed rather than angry. And right after this Sami decided she wanted to stop reading the letters and insisted EJ stop making comparisons from then on. Hmmmmm. Then again I could very well just be reading way too much into this in my excitement over everything else.

Another thought that crept in my head whilst watching this was WOW Lumi and Shelle fans got ripped off not having Ed Scott and Kathryn Foster at the helm way back when Lumi fans got wedding couch sex to consumate their years of pining after Lucas and Sami being married and Shelle fans got about 15 minutes of seedy motel sex on Shelligan's island as their reward for investing emotionally in that couple for eight years of mostly torture. Sorry guys. Then again those couples are actually married/engaged and the guys involved in them weren't turned into psychotic neanderthals from Jan-April so I can't feel TOO bad. But just something I noticed.

Can't wait for tomorrow's show to put the exclamation mark on another great week of DOOL.

[Toups]

I posted 3 weeks ago about Kathryn and Noel Maxam joining DAYS.

Agreed!

I also liked the fireplace shot with the flames being in the foreground as we see Santo/Colleen kissing. That love making montage was really excellent. I'm not even a Santo/Colleen fan and I thought they're scenes were full of passion today.

Another shot I liked was when we saw the side of Sami's face and then the camera slowly panned right and we saw EJ looking at Sami....and then it faded to black.

Foster is such a great director! Y&R's loss and DAYS' gain!

I shudder to think what this episode would've looked like if Wyman was producing it. It would've been a total joke. So happy that we no longer have to sit through his junior high production skills.

Great episode today.

[brimike]

Nobody did. Stephanie left the show with Kayla as a baby, and Max was, like, 9 or 10 when he was written out. We never saw Steph grow up on camera until SR came last year.

[DrewH]

Although we've never seen them as kids, they grew up as related. That's what makes them different than Max and Chelsea in my eyes. I just can't get behind them as an actual couple, and I don't think I ever will.

Santo and Colleen were so hot today! I loved every single one of their scenes. The lighting, the darkness, the fire from the fireplace, the fadeouts to Sami and EJ, it was all amazing. Kathryn Foster has arrived! Santo and Colleen are the hottest romance in daytime right now, in my eyes.

I honestly think hell has frozen over. I enjoyed a scene with Shelley Henning as Stephanie. Kathryn Foster must have told Shelley something because she seemed so much more toned down today than she ever has been in the past. For the first time since she's been on the show, I was not thinking about how much I wanted to slap the slut.

[DrewH]

Can anyone remember the last real love scene we got on DAYS?

[DrewH]

Jett's shooting was pretty intense as well. It reminded me of Greta's coronation. Everything is going in slow motion, but you can hear everyone's screams and running away as if it weren't in slow motion. God, the direction is so superb now! :D

[DrewH]

Okay, as much as I loved the actual shooting, as I watch the aftermath, I'm not that impressed by Rachel Melvin or Marcus Patrick's acting.

[Days4Life]

I'm hoping I can type since my heart is still pounding...what a great episode! I'm not going to recap everything because IMissAremid did an awesome job (and I agree 100% with her post); I'm just going to gush about this being the most romantic episode I've seen in years! It was absolutely beautiful, and that haunting music was perfect. If I could have edited out the TTS stuff, I would consider today's show perfect. Loved it. THIS is romance!

[dawn9476]

Yeah. EJ taking advantage of a drugged up Sami is so romantic.

Also loved EJ's Neanderthal declaration that he won't give up on Sami till he makes her his.

He really proved that he is a obsessive psychopath today who doesn't give a rats ass about Sami.

[Toups]

Oh yeah, I forgot to mention that. One of the things I didn't like about today's episode. It's bad enough he raped her. Now he forces himself into her bed and kisses her when she's drugged up. EJ needs to stop forcing himself on her.