DAYS: Thursday, Oct. 25

[maconrich]

I liked the interaction between Phillip and Shawn: the back and forth and the fight. Phillip's self confidence vs Shawn's insecurities provide a strong contrast - and since we know that Phillip just left Belle's bed, his attitude and statements were priceless.

Hope/Belle -- ok the girl could have tried a little harder before telling the truth. Maybe saying her and Phillip had a fight and she threw the vase at him... Hope might not have bought it, but Shawn probably would have. He's not written to be overly bright (even if he does notice the sheets lol!)

The so called dream hit me as stupid - if it would have been a real dream it might have come across better. As is it just showed how little self esteem lucas has, and the fact he projected his issues onto his daughter made him look like the loser he is. This character could walk on water and I doubt I'd be impressed -- not as long as he keeps using the fake sounding concerned tone or the ranting tone - with the scrunched up expression never varying no matter what the scene is.

Aside from the fight the show was a wash.

[PhoenixRising05]

Great episode today.

I loved the fight scenes with Shawn and Philip. Great direction and camera angles. It felt so real. I also loved Caroline beating Philip off with a stick. One of the funniest moments of the year IMO . Philip throwing money out without a thought for damages was so true to the Kiriakis way too.

The Belle/Hope scenes were great. Sure it was a little hypocritical of Hope but Belle deserved what she got. I love Bo and Hope being involved here and I like how they portrayed Hope not being willing to keep this secret. She is doing it for her son and it played out great. Martha was great and so was Kristian. Good work.

I loved Lucas' visions and thought the actors and actresses playing the twins in the visions were great. They were so sad and harsh but that added some weight and BD was very good today. The Lucas/Sami scenes were so sweet and I love how Roman, Bo, and Hope came to see her. Nice family scenes. The ending with Bo/Lucas was more foreshadowing and more nice setup. I think it worked well as an ending.

EJ looking in on the twins was creepy and chilling. I am so happy they used real babies in those scenes. EJ's little speech about the children at the end almost sounded like the speech Superman's father said to him before sending him away .

Liked the police scenes and the fact that they aren't dropping John's hit and run. Good scenes there in tying it to the Dimera's.

Looks like sorority crew is back tomorrow, which is ok with me. They have had a long enough break IMO and I enjoy that story quite a bit.

[KevC1980]

I'm behind on the show because of the fires preempting Days...but i finally watched thursdays show..Here are my thoughts..

I know the shelle fans are disgusted by Belle and Phillip having sex...but i have to say, its the best thing thats happened to this triangle in ages..Finally the ante has been upped, and something happened in this stagnant triangle..And now Hogan and Ed Scott have actually made me interested in this storyline..I'm so excited for Chloe to come and shake things up even more..

In the past, the writers have been so wary of having one of their destined couples cheat on their spouses..There always had to be an underlying circumstance that led to the affair..Bo had to be near death from fumes and think Billie was Hope..Hope wrongly believed Bo had cheated again with Billie to then sleep with Patrick..Jack was mislead into thinking he was with Jennifer when it was really a look a like, John had to believe Marlena was dead to hook up with Kate...And Marlena had to see John hooking up with Kate to finally have sex with Roman (eww the memories)...Well thats not really taking chances, its just giving the person an excuse to make everything alright down the line..

But Belle and Phillip willing had sex...and the ramifications of this should be longlasting..These scenes were definitely the high point of the episode...I loved the Belle and Hope scenes...

The low point was sami, lucas and ej..I have a feeling i might just fast forward their scenes until the big wedding..I'm just so damm bored of these characters being on every single day..Its beyond ridiculous..I love all these characters, but its just too much..