1-5
Finally got to sit down to watch it and today feels more like the start of 'Season 2' than Friday! lol. I loved how it flowed. I loved how good production now looks (that Jacob/Naomi sitting at the table with the table forefront was giving old school Y&R). I loved how Shanice and SPS were giving Carly vs Liz from GH circa the Liason years in the late 90s at Kelly's. And it really felt like they were setting up what the main A stories and/focus would be. Given our talk about romance on this show, that was on full display. And I was not hating.
If I had to go with the A stories this time around, it would be...
1) ANITA'S CANCER. It is giving umbrella tale already from how Anita is coping to the rippling effect it has on the whole family. And with the family, the writers are really and truly going through everyone's POV. And I like that. From Vernon's last week to all the Nicole/Dani scenes (sidenote...I love that Nicole's secret food stash is still a thing!) to the effect on the next generation (giving Kat a sidestory, loving Chels's POV today as well), there's so much ground to explore. And now that we have some idea of these characters, it feels felt. And for the characters we don't have a handle on yet, well, it's allowing for that.
2) BILL/DANI/ANDRE. WE GOT A TRIANGLE YOU'LL!!!! lol. While I don't like how Andre is getting so insecure...because it's making me side-eye the writers who I've already leveled my opinion ages ago about how slanted they can be when it comes to Dani/Bill...it does play with what has already been established between Dani and Andre so I'll allowed it as long as neither of them act out of character to make Dani/Bill a thing. Cuz it's not needed. This has come together organically enough that the drama can come out of that. And heck, we still have Kristen Dimera...I mean Hayley waiting in the wings...
3) SHANICE/TED/SILK PRESS SHEILA. Now...WHEN IS SHANICE GOING TO BE ON CONTRACT??? Cuz her vs SPS this episode not only gave, but the story is truly getting legs. If this is going to be a building B plot, it's not coming across as a B plot at all. Good. Let Shanice get her moment in the sun.
THEM B PLOTS...
1) TOMAS'S EXIT STORYLINE. He's gotten slllighty (I said slightly) better, but every scene he has had in the last week feels like an anvil that he's the next to go. And that continued this episode with how Kat keeps poking him about all he's focused on is that job. And it keeps being treated as a B/C plot, it can stay there, too.
2) MARCEL + SILKPRESS = FIRE...??? I've already said how I thought about them before today. And they were just as good today. They need to be the scheme team of the town. It literally writes itself with these two and great acting from both cuz that wink Marcel gave Jacob...lmao. Their cat-and-mouse game is the stuff that good soap is made of.
SIDE-NOTES...
I love the cousin pow-wow even if Martin was missing.
I caught the comment that Shanice made about how it was too busy to not do the testing in the office. Hehe. Sounds like someone heard everyone's comments about the nurse hub.
I'm always here for Nicole/Dani scenes. And I liked the Ted/Andre scene. Honestly...is Shanice really making it so I like Ted? Hmmmm
The episode definitely seem couple-y. Jacob/Naomi. Kat/Tomas. Madison/Chels. Marcel/SPS. Dani/Andre of course. And they felt like couples and couple interactions, allowing to get to know them. I liked.
Just so well done.
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