Jump to content

DAYS: Week of August 11, 2008


Recommended Posts

  • Replies 68
  • Created
  • Last Reply
  • Members

I can't believe no one has posted yet..I'm literally in awe at how great today's show was...First off kudos to Thaao and Joseph for their magnificent scenes today..They both hit it out of the ballpark...When written right the Dimera's are such a fascinating family....I got chills as Stefano told Tony he had to pick a side as the battle lines were about to be drawn..And today's show should make the Tony and Anna fans very happy..it took about a year, but finally they are getting some awesome material..

Speaking of Anna, i absolutely loved her today...It was fun watching Anna interact with John, Sami, EJ, and even Kayla...Leann has great chemistry with everyone...My favorite Anna moments were her surprise at riding the motorcycle and her telling John she's wearing heels..Then i enjoyed both Tony and Kayla congratulating her for helping save Marlena..And of course Anna asking Tony if she helmet hair!!!too cute..

Sami and EJ were great today as well...They work so much better when they are supporting characters in the Dimera story, as opposed to last summer when the whole plot revolved around them.It seems like Dena or whoever finally has it right by having the story focus on Stefano's revenge on Marlena, and how that affects John..

Another noteworthy scene was Kayla telling John off..So happy that MBE is finally getting good material as well...Looking forward to her being apart of this arc...Also great cliffhanger today and i loved how the previews make you want to tune in tomorrow..Who would want to miss John and Stefano facing off for the first time??

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • Members

Stefano back is just what this show needed and being written good too...this is the days i had fell in love with...Marlena vs Stefano now just have stefano bring back kristen to keep john away from marlena...id love another Stefano with Marlena storyline and we might just get it...

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • Members

I can't say how great it is to have my soap back! Monday's eppisode was amazing! That is the Days I fell in love with and can't wait to see the next eppisode. It is easily my favorite soap again. Finally!

I loved the scenes with Stefano and Tony. I got chills too. This is how the Dimera's should be written. This is what I love about them. I also enjoyed Anna's scenes. I really like her and am glad she is getting good material. I've always liked Kayla, even though it hasn't been easy lately, but she is getting good material now and I love that. Loved her telling off John. Loved Sami telling John that maybe they just need to accept him as he is now and stop wishing the old John to come back because he never will. I also loved John's reaction to all that.

I just loved everything about the show yesterday! It really is back and I couldn't be happier about that! :)

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • Members

OK...I will comment! Today's show rocked! I haven't been able to say that since February. Now THIS feels like the DAYS I love (and sorry to all the JER haters but this feels like JER Days Round#1 and I love it!)

Wow...loved the Stefano/Tony scenes! So awesome! Marlena really screwed Stefano up...the man had tears in his eyes as he told Tony about the hell he's been through. Joe was great in those scenes! Stefano messing with John and Marlena is classic DAYS and has always been rating success! Yes it's been done a million times but why reinvent the wheel? lol Bring it on! :D

Loved Sami laying into Stefano! I always love fierce Sami as opposed to weepy whiny Sami. Also liked the scene with her and John. They definitely have a connection even after all these years.

Everybody else did a decent job in the acting department as well. Can't wait for the next show!

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • Members

Today was the first time I thought Joe's acting lived up to the hype. I was impressed when he was telling Tony about what it was like for him while he was paralyzed, While Stefano isn't my favorite character, his return has definitely helped the stories to evolve. Liked all the different character interactions too. Anna and Kayla, Kayla and John, etc. Good stuff. Looking forward to the rest of the week.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • Administrator

I'm here. :)

Monday and today's episodes were excellent! It really kicked into high gear today. Stefano is causing havoc (loved the lockdown!!) in Salem again and he's going up against John/Marlena - this is the Stefano Dimera I love!

Keep it up DAYS!!

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • Members

I have tears in my eyes right now! I am soooo happy with DAYS right at this moment! Tuesday's show was great! Remember the days when the opening scenes actually roped you into being interested in the rest of the show??? That hasn't really happened in a long time for me but when Stefano let John know that John's life as Nu-Stefano isn't gonna last and then it faded to the DAYS opening, I was like...OH SH**! John's gonna get it! That one moment had me so excited and took me back to what I used to love about DAYS. It always used to make me excited! I am loving it!!

I am so intrigued by the Nu-John/Stefano rivalry. Its gonna be different because John is different. Can't wait for it to play out!

I love this lock-down storyline! And has anyone noticed the music? It has changed and has become more mysterious and cryptic! I am loving it! Now if they wouldn't fade to black so fast before the commercial breaks and sorta use a slower fade like they used to, this would officially be the DAYS I grew up watching. ;)

Before I forget, I have a question...about Tony...is he being written as Stefano's biological child again? It seems like that keeps changing...

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • Members

After watching todays episode i'm so anxious to see what happens tomorrow..The show is on fire right now and the best its been in a very long time..Stefano's return is being done perfectly...Loved the John and Stefano showdown...It was just as great as i imagined...Also John threatening Stefano with the cigar cutter was very intense..But Stefano actually scared me a bit when he said he'd kill another person John loved if John even broke a pinkie...This brotherly showdown between John and Stefano is just dynamite right now...

Marlena admitting to drugging Stefano was excellent..Deidre did a great job today, showing Marlena gradually getting weaker...And i'm loving seeing Kayla in doctor mode, its so refreshing...And its so nice seeing Marlena sharing scenes with Kayla, Tony, and Anna...

Speaking of Tony and Anna, they rock plain and simple...They are really proving what assets they can be to the show right now..And i think Thaao is proving that his emmy nomination was no fluke...Stefano calling Anna a meddlesome bitch was delicious..The dialog we are getting right now, is just as good as what we got during Hogan's run..

Finally the cliffhanger at the end was so well done..I was literally on the edge of my seat...Ed Scott thank you so much for these incredible episodes...

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • Members

The best thing about Joe's return is it gives Thaao more to do on the show, and as we saw by the last two days those two work sooooooo well together.

These last couple days have been good. I can forgive the Reilly-ish purple smoke, because other writers (oh hi, Tom Langan and the Garden of Eden!) have done much, much worse.

Whoever wrote these episodes -- Ed? Dena? Ali? Keep it up!

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • Administrator

Another great cliffhanger with Sami making EJ fall down the stairs. So this smoke/toxin is supose to bring out their fears or something? One thing I have to bitch about was the repetive dialogue - it was Reilly-esue. LOL We were told like four times that the smoke/toxin was probably some hallucagentic and Stefano was probably behind it and John explained two times why he was immune to the toxins.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Archived

This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.

  • Recently Browsing   0 members

    • No registered users viewing this page.



  • Recent Posts

    • To me, that made no difference. The point stands whether Eva wants to be a Dupree or not. Anita was 110% on top of things. Also it's a logical inference that Eva might be interested in having a place in her supposedly real family. Frankly though I wonder if Eva knows how to feel ... yet. She could really be confused.
    • Does Jack ever dress in drag during that early '00s period where he was trying to get Jennifer back...or does he just fake being gay around then?
    • Here you go, by special request! https://www.instagram.com/p/DJlXDnWJImW/ DAYS 9-26-90 Matt Ashford as Jack Deveraux in drag
    • Concluding 1976... Raymond Schafer arrives in Springfield and begins an extensive probe into Malcolm’s death, puzzling Ed, who wonders why most of Schafer’s question sessions keep turning back to Rita’s involvement with Malcolm. Ed assures the man that Rita’s only connection with Malcolm was as his nurse; he is unaware that Schafer knows a great deal more about Rita than he does. Just to protect Rita, Ed has Mike check on Schafer’s credentials, and learns that he’s a  well-respected criminal attorney. The waitress at the restaurant where Malcolm suffered his stroke tells Schafer that the woman who was with him reacted very professionally to the sudden emergency, as if she were a nurse. Realizing that her little sister has fallen hard for Tim, Rita warns him that she’s very vulnerable and innocent, but Tim tells Rita her advice isn’t necessary. But Tim then receives a plum job offer to be chief neurological resident at a prestigious Philadelphia hospital and can’t pass up the opportunity. Evie is crushed by the news and spends the next several days at home crying. Joe Werner, fully recovered, has accepted a post as a medical aide in a destitute village in India and leaves alone, with Sarah to follow him later. Justin asks Sarah to consider a partnership with him in private practice, but she explains that she thrives on the hospital atmosphere. When a call comes from India that Joe has had another massive attack, Sarah leaves on the next available flight and arrives only moments before he dies. The painful news is relayed back to Cedars at once. Sara returns from India a heartbroken woman, but the day-to-day involvement of raising T.J. and of her career seem to be her salvation. Justin shows a surprisingly compassionate and understanding side to Sara, but, ironically, Justin’s ex-wife, Jackie, arrives in Springfield with her diabetic father, who is suffering from a heart attack. In the process of consulting with Justin on her father’s condition, Jackie comes face to face with Sara for the first time since their college days. Evie’s heartbreak at Tim’s departure turns to fury and hatred when she inadvertently discovers a letter which Tim wrote to Rita just after he left. In it he concedes that Rita was right about Evie’s vulnerability where he was concerned but reminds Rita that he badly hurt her in the same way she feared Evie would suffer. Evie is now sure that Rita somehow forced Tim to leave town and is livid at the idea that Tim was Rita’s lover. She insists she’s cutting off her relationship with Rita and will pay her back for any help she’s received in the past. Ben and Hope’s wedding plans are off, as Ben, while still insisting he’s innocent, won’t explain why the robbery evidence points to him. Hope feels his unwillingness to tell her the truth makes marriage to him impossible, but confides to Ann that she is miserable without him. Ben has echoed these sentiments to Mike but won’t confide in him, either as Hope’s father or as an attorney.   Holly is trying very hard to build a life without Ed, but since she sees him virtually every day at work,she’s unable to put him out of her mind. She accepts a date with a member of the hospital administration staff but is unable to avoid making comparisons between Ed and this young man and winds up alone, sadly holding Ed’s picture and recalling how much she loves him. Believing that the hospital board’s conclusions on Grainger’s death have settled the question once and for all, Rita has regained her self-confidence, and her romance with Ed is growing daily. They admit their love for each other, and Ed confides that he intentionally  held back with Rita for fear of making another mistake. Rita then tells Ed she has never married because for her marriage must be forever. Rita’s mother realizes that Rita is truly in love when she confides in her that she doesn’t understand why she’s been so lucky in having him love her and how she wants to be the very best person she can be for him. Ed proposes marriage to Rita and gives her time to think about it before answering. Rita painfully realizes that her past could, if it rose again against her, make a life with Ed a lost dream. But Raymond Shaefer has been quietly but efficiently carrying on his investigation and has learned that Grainger argued with Rita at her apartment. He presents the evidence he’s compiled to District Attorney Eric Van Gelder, who decides the case warrants further investigation. Rita goes to Ed’s office to tell him she loves him but can’t marry him, that she doesn’t deserve him and “can’t do it to him.” As she turns from a confused Ed to leave, she finds the district attorney and a police officer outside Ed’s door, waiting to arrest her. Ed, insisting that a serious mistake has been made, calls Mike to help her as Rita, shocked and humiliated, is taken under arrest through the hallways of the hospital in which she works. Mike manages Rita’s release on bail only after she has had to submit to the degrading booking procedure. Mike sees her alone at her apartment, explaining he can help her only if she tells him the whole truth. Rita equivocates until Mike mentions Texas, indicating to Rita that he knows at least some of the story. Van Gelder has, in fact, let Mike see the bulk of evidence in the case against Rita, to convince him her arrest wasn’t a capricious whim. Rita explains to Mike that Malcolm believed she intentionally vilified him to his father, to do him out of his rightful inheritance, and then wanted his father dead to collect her money. Mike expresses his appreciation of Rita’s honesty, promising to help her. But Rita’s tormented dreams confirm that she hasn’t yet told all the truth, and after Peggy visits, expressing firm support, Rita tells Roger she has to reveal his part in the story. Roger painfully tells Rita about his being Christina’s father to show her that if Ed knew, it would end Rita’s chances with him forever. Rita, who was ready to tell Ed the whole story, now realizes how risky that would be. Adding to Rita’s pain is her forced leave of absence from the hospital until she’s cleared and the embarrassment of seeing her name in the headlines.
    • Please register in order to view this content

         
    • Yes, but the stories are all pretty awful Seeing Victor rehashing his hatred of the Abbotts  when he married one of them and has a daughter that is half Abbott as well as walking around with Traci's daughter's heart keeping him alive makes him look worse than he already is. And I remember he and Jack chatting amicably in the past few years. Victor interfering in Kyle/Claire is just repeat of Billy/Victoria. Sharon, Nick,Phyllis etc are around but again the stories are lacking.
    • I think Kevin's 1996 Emmy was fair enough. He barely appeared for his second. I don't think anyone else on the list is that deserving but I might have gone with Moore as he did try with the whole Keesha AIDS story. @alwaysAMC Thanks to slick jones' cast list I was able to see that Nikki Rene played Tina. Not much on her, as you mentioned. Tap and a few Broadway listings (it doesn't help that a younger actress with a similar name is in a lot of roles). Nikki Rene: Credits, Bio, News & More | Broadway World https://onceonthisisland.fandom.com/wiki/Nikki_Rene Nikki Rene - IMDb
    • Thank you. That does ring a bell. I remember Theresa and Julian's drunk, giggly fake wedding (with Julian asking "Whassup?" to the minister). Was Bruce tricking the pair as a prank, or did somebody put him up to it? I especially liked Katherine recalling how dashing young Alistair was when he'd pick up Rachel for dates, and how she wished she could be her sister, then feeling guilty once Rachel had her boating accident ...
    • And Kevin Mambo beat Shemar Moore for those two Emmys. I chalk up the wins to the voters not wanting Jonathan Jackson to eventually end up with a five peat (he won 1995, 1998, 1999). These were the 1996 and 1997 Younger Actor races. 1996: Nathan Fillion, Jonathan Jackson, Kevin Mambo (winner), Shemar Moore, Joshua Morrow 1997: Steve Burton, Jonathan Jackson, Kevin Mambo (winner), Shemar Moore, Joshua Morrow
×
×
  • Create New...

Important Information

By using this site, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy