DAYS: Thurs, Nov 1

[StephanieLover17]

Thursday, November 1st

Days Of Our Lives

I thought i would start this one because its sorority halloween party and i won't be on until tomorrow night because i got to leave not to take my sister trick or treating urg. SORORITY STORYLINE BEST STORY EVER

Lets Discuss

[IMissAremid]

Well those grainy flashbacks and Stephanie's behavior reaffirms my fear that she was raped. Ugh. And Ford is too OTT creepy awkward to live! What was his Halloween costume supposed to be anyway? Rapist in a vest? Thank goodness Max and Morgan continue to be totally freaking adorable. But if Hogan's way of putting Stephanie and Max back together is that the truth comes out about Stephanie's rape and Max feels sorry for her and helps her get through that I'm going to be sooooooooooo annoyed. Oh poor Cordy. Hogan had previously talked about a moratorium on killing babies (which he lied about with Willow's baby dying). When will this show put a moratorium on sexual assault stories? Because today is fine with me.

That said, I loved Chelsea's snark to Stephanie that maybe she should be wearing her devil costume when she was snarking on Morgan and though I don't always feel bad for Stephanie in her pining for Max I did today even though I prefer Max and Morgan together. Wasn't crazy about Chelsea's forehead makeup but was happy for the moment of Chick fun and their angel-devil cuteness. It's almost like between Steve and Kayla yesterday and Chick today this show is trying to mix in a little romance with the dark, dramatic stories? What a concept.

I couldn't help smiling when EJ was so impatient with Kate for the paternity results and so giddy when he got them and talking about the zoo and the park and all that whether the selective morality police elsewhere thinks I'm a heathen for not hating this show for "rewarding a rapist" or not. But damn EJ was delusional talking to Stefano about what a piece of cake it will be for him to win over Sami and thinking she will go along with all of his plans for their son. Kind of an interesting juxtaposition with Sami's delusions yesterday talking to Bo about how she isn't going to let Stefano anywhere near the kids and her delusions today that her marriage to EJ won't put a crimp in her and Lucas's love life whatsoever. Cleopatra and Marc Anthony ain't got nothing on this Queen and King of DeNial. I have a feeling they are both in for extremely rude awakenings when the smoke clears following the wedding.

As for the Santo Domingo stuff... what the hell was that crap about the black and white movie where the immigrant girl comes to America and marries some man she doesn't know and they fall in love but they can't get married in a church? Was that supposed to have any relevance to Lucas and Sami whatsoever? Because I didn't get the connection and it actually reminded me more of Santeen with the foreigner rushing into marriage and the priest stopping it from happening. So WTF? The whitewashing of the icky Franco history when the subject of Lucas committing murder came up also annoyed me with Sami not having any bitterness when she talked about Lucas having killed Franco but her being the one who went to death row and he let her stay there and then recanted his confession and kept quiet about the crime for years afterward because he wanted to retain custody of Will. I mean I buy that she's forgiven Lucas because she loves him, but to have no resentful feelings about that event whatsoever because of that love? Not buying it AT ALL. Even with all that whitewashing, I still can't root for this pair. Stick a fork in Lumi already and FINISH THEM, DOOL. They're DONE.

Randomly, I loved the fireplaces at the DiMansion as I hadn't noticed those before but damn I'd think EJ could get some better stationery than he had for the fax he sent Sami about the twins. Someone in the props department needs to work on their paper skills. I mean the church annulment papers looked like a takeout menu and now this. Work on it, Ed.

[JackPeyton]

I loved the Max/Chelsea scenes. Those two could have sych a great friendship, i wish more soaps had friendships.

The Chick scenes were adorable. I dont know who i wanted more - Devil Chelsea or Nick as an Angel!

The rape storyline could be good... but its falling flat. But then again after watching Degrassi for 7 years all teen storylines on soaps fall flat.

Lumi wasactualy cute today, for once in a long time! I thought the movie note was cute, i dont think the overall plot was suposed to reflect Lumi, just the love they had.

EJ & Stefano had the best scenes.

[maconrich]

It wasn't a great episode but not a bad one either.

I'm liking Morgan - and Morgan and Max the more I see her/them. Meaning I figure Days will ruin it by putting Max and Stephanie back together. The way Stephanie is acting (over him) is annoying and I'd like to see her move on with someone else. lucas maybe?? If she was raped - and I'm getting the feeling she was - I'd like to see Max there for her - but only as a friend and along with Chelsea, Nick, Morgan etc. It looks like this aspect of the storyline isn't going to drag on and that's a huge plus. The sorority group can be interesting without having a freaking rapist - Days just needs to steer away from that kind of storyline; although it does show the contrast between what Ford is doing vs Dec 29. I'm sure Cordie and others would have LOVED to have had a choice in the matter!!

IMiss - I hear you loud and clear on both EJ and Sami being in for a rude awakening once the smoke clears. They're not giving each other enough credit, which hits me as funny. They're so much alike and seem to realize it - yet they're just not seeing it right now or they'd both know better than to even entertain those expectations. I loved EJ's excitement over the baby and the way he spontaneously picked up Kate for a hug. Enjoyed the scenes with Stefano and EJ, too - but I'm curious about that DNA report Stefano was looking at after Andre died and how/when it will tie in.

As for the Sami and lucas scenes, at least they didn't go over the same things like they've been doing so that was refreshing; and for a split second I thought lucas was pulling out his escort service card out of his wallet :eek:

[JackPeyton]

and if they had a choice, and they chose to sleep with him, it wouldnt have been rape... sami decided to sleep with ej. she chose to do it. she was a consenting adult. in no way was that rape....

i couldnt agree more about sami and ej being more alike than they both relize. and i dont know why they did this sicne in the beging they seemed to relize it. but whatever, hopefully days stops the ej distruction for lucas propping and tell a good story about a woman torn. cant wait for that wedding.

lol at the escort service card, that woulda been MAJOR lolz!!

i also hope that Days is only going there with steph/max from steph's side.

im watching an old days eppy and just saw a preview for Jennifer & Peter's "wedding to die for" lol.

[PhoenixRising05]

Lumi was sad. Bryan and Ali rocked that. I am just glad we are getting somewhere.

I wish Kate would tell EJ to !@#$%^&*] off. Her running around for him is annoying. I did like his reaction to the baby being his. Scott played that well. The best scene was the one of Stefano up and walking while listening to his opera. Classic. Glad to hear the stem cells mentioned. Hope Stefano gets them so we can tie that up.

The sorority story is fun. I liked the end and I am enjoying seeing them all in a story that fits their age and isn't over the top.