Passions Discussion Thread

On 2/26/2026 at 6:59 PM, Ryanc2 said:

Buuuuuut… I really wanted to stop here for a second before I lose my thought because this episode in particular really stood out to me with the “fantasy” sequences JER was obsessed with doing. It really ruined the show IMO. Here in this episode we have a ton of fantasy sequences of Charity and Miguel being in love.. so we are seeing their love story play out in a fantasy sequence except it’s not actually happening in reality? And Theresa is fantasizing about being with Ethan when Gwen barges in and they have a cake fight. I just feel like this takes away from when the Theresa and Gwen confrontation actually WILL happen. And there are plenty more examples of this over the years on this show that just literally ruin an entire storyline for me. It’s like, if you’re already gonna show us all the characters reactions why should we care to keep watching to see when it ACTUALLY happens? This happened a billion times around 2002/2003ish with Eve having visions of TC finding out about her past with Julien and when the big reveal actually happened it was super underwhelming because the audience felt like it was already spoiled.

THIS TROPE! Oh, how this used to infuriate the hell out of me. I always thought it was cheating. If you're having a fantasy sequence, it either needs to last no longer than one segment, or it needs to be apparent that it is a fantasy. I used to hate how we'd seem to get some progress in, say, Luis & Sheridan's storyline, they'd cut over to whatever stories really were happening that day, then we'd cut back to Luis & Sheridan's for the reveal that we were being played.