There was just a shooting/hate crime at the Islamic Center here so no live posting today. So I put prayers out for the families, thankful no children were harmed, and will post today's episode when it eventually uploads...more than likely...I'm app-ing.
Until then...
5-15
Yeah, I thought the rest of the week was just...okay. It was nice to see the return on-screen of the cotillion storyline by the return of Belleclaires. And I like that...dare I say it...there was the slightest hint of momentum again. Fingers crossed it keeps going into this week.
I respect the scene of Anita and her follow-up. I expect the cancer part of her story to be a bit more background until the date the doctor gave aka mid-June around when that crossover is supposed to happen I believe. Enough time for Anita to get back to normal and read some folk.
Like I said above, I'm happy to see the cotillion storyline back on-screen. And one thing that I liked was seeing the Smitty/Martin family unit again. We used to get so many scenes of them all together just being a family. So it's nice to have them back...conflict and all. If it isn't Ty being mad at Samantha over the double standard or Samantha feeling the pressure of being like the other Debs...it's seeing Smitty and Martin so close knowing there's a ticking time bomb going off with them due to Smitty's involvement in the plasma ring storyline.
And of course, I liked Nicole/Samantha vs Anastacia/Francisca. I really liked that Samantha got some good licks in, but I am sad she ran off. And Nicole...let me smh like some of the comments I've seen. She should have lunged at the old bag. I liked Samantha got a pep talk though I do question that it came from Eva instead of Kat.
SHUT UP, VANESSA. lol. Nicole don't want to be like you. That said...I just smh at how flustered Nicole is getting around Ted. I still don't feel he's s&*(. And it wasn't helped by all this stuff with Shanice's aunt. So NOW Ted can't be a man and articulate himself to a hard-working woman? Really? I was happy to see Shanice's aunt though. But...I'm no longer on the Ted/Shanice train since it now appears that Ted and Nicole are circling each other. Seems pointless. And even if Ted and Nicole do the tango again, it would just send Silk Press Sheila over the edge. I don't mind that....mind you since I feel Nicole vs SPS gives more than SPS vs Anita and feels more evenly matched IMHO. And I feel Nicole does give when they have their catfights which I believe is the minority opinion.
Speaking of Vanessa...waaaaay to overstep with Joey. If that brings their issues to the surface though...SO BE IT. They have been C plot themselves too long since Doug's death. I do think it is interesting timing to see Donnell finally have more of an issue with Joey again though. I am also side-eying the continued mentions of Joey's sister...given how Joey is already a polarizing figure around here.
Like several of the other characters, I miss when Mona was more of a 3D/gray character. Her loving the church was A PART of her character, not ALL of her character. Now I just roll my eyes. Though I'm always happy to see more Randy.
We all know I'm ready for the plasma ring storyline to end. So good to see Marcel basically calling Lia out. And I did love the soapy near-miss Grayson had with Eva...which actually built some suspense with me. I also like Jacob got a clue. And Ashley is coming across smart with Lia. But again...the writing, the writing, the writing. All this time they made it seem like Lia was the Impaler...though tbf I don't think it was said on-screen she was which makes this storyline even worse...but now she actually answers to higher people and...I zone out. Be done already.
That it appears to be going on at the same time as cotillion...will be a le sigh from me. But I hope the writing and acting will get me through it as I long for the cotillion build-up.
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