This last week or so has proven once again how much stronger the show is when they lock in and focus on the Dupree’s. Anita’s cancer diagnosis has been fantastic, old school soap and very relevant and emotionally investable. Me and my mom chop it up on the phone about the show and she’s been really moved by it and I have as well. Tamara Tunie and the rest of the big 4 are playing every beat exactly right.
I love how they are utilizing Kat here as well. She’s the exact type of character/actress you can make the audience feel frustrated with because they care about them enough to want to see them make the right decisions and her not wanting to know if she has the cancer gene feels believable.
I like most of the pivots that have been made for Season 2, some more than others.
Giving Hayley her own supporting cast, and Bill being too busy longing after Dani and his relationship with the Dupree’s to notice his wife is trying to off him has been my favorite bit of comedy, and Andre also feeling like the odd man out after he spent way too many months yearning for boring ass Ashley feels exactly like what he deserves.
Leslie hooking up with Marcel Malone (I wish a better actor was in the role though 🤦🏾♂️) and circling Joey and Vanessa’s crime syndicate is a good shift for her, now she’s reminding me more of Sandra Nelson era Phyllis as opposed to Shelia when Brad let her run a little too rugged at Bold and I like it.
I like Madison and Chelsea but too much of the meat and potatoes for their story plots end up being rushed or happening offscreen. Idk if that is intentional in this MAGA Paramount climate or what but its disappointing because the two actresses have good chemistry and screen presence and the story with Madison’s mother actually sounds interesting but we only hear about what happens second hand.
The increased Hawthrone male presence was also a good change (mainly Elon though, I think Izaiah’s casting wasn’t the right mark for what they have written and they need to do some pivots on his character if they aren’t going to recast).
I enjoy Nicole getting her groove back but think it was an odd choice to randomly introduce Greg Vaughan the way that they did for 2 episodes and then expect the audience to reinvest in her and Carlton (who I actually really like and wish the show would go forward with in a meaningful way but he screams stop gap pairing who will probably turn psycho).
I still love Ambyr Michelle but Eva being accepted so easily by the Dupree Richardsons and also reconciling completely with her mom, and getting to be rich and get a new boyfriend just feels unearned and stripped away a lot of her rooting value. I hope they play up more of her jealousy of Kat like they did for the tree trimming episodes.
I like Shanice having more story and if Ted is the way she gets it cool but I think he had better chemistry with June and Shanice with Derek. 🤷🏾♂️
Yeah I was hoping with his recent GH pop ups we’d get a Vanessa kills Joey plot and Jon Lindstrom would go back home, he fits better over there imo. Someone should have told MVJ and JHC that it isn’t 1993 or even 2003 when Thorsten Kaye had already usurped him for male lead of Port Charles and that whatever they are going for with Joey just ain’t working. Its like he’s doing his best Maurice Bernard Sonny impression and its not landing at all for me.
To see them doubling down on the investment of him, Ashley, and Tomas is very disappointing (I’ll add Naomi to the list as well she’s the first Dupree I wouldn’t mind seeing written off after a slow burn Jacob and Kat affair story).
I’m very happy to see Derek off contract. He works better than Ashley but the actor is still a dud and had no business being a series regular. I hope as the year progresses they continue to make more cuts and additions and we get an easy path to a multi season renewal.
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