Do we even know that these two actually have sex?

I'm here for anything that might make that boring drip Abby a little more interesting.

No.

It's very likely he stops it befor they go all the way.

If he doesn't hold her at gunpoint it's a step forward.

If he doesn't hold her at gunpoint it's a step forward.

I agree that Abby needs something to shake up the character a bit.

If he doesn't hold her at gunpoint it's a step forward.

Yes. I guess that's supposedly showing the "romantic side" of EJ. The one that he only shows for Sami. I'm totally ready for this madness that already has driven some of the EJammers up the wall.

Going after Kate Mansi. Already?! Just pathetic.

Well you can never say soap fans aren't frighteningly amusing.

Yes, say whatever you like about EJ but for the better part of a decade Samantha has been the skies, heavens and sole constellation for him. His near sole obsession for 8 years. It makes no sense for him to jeopardize his entire family situation, long fought over dream relationship/near marriage and potential happiness he has been working for a decade to bed milquetoast Abby.

EJ's obsession with Sami is why this makes so much sense. He has spent almost a decade idealizing and builting up in his head this unrealistic notion that if he could just beat Lucas and Rafe and "score" Sami long term, the broken pieces of his life would fall into place and he'd finally be happy. Now that he's finally gotten really close, it's unraveling. His fantasies that he and Sami are soul mates, that she can accept him and his deeds, and that being in a happy long term relationship with him will transform Sami and make her compliant to his whims and wishes (and never ask questions) and responsible (like not dumping bodies in the river with tons of witnesses and no alibi) have all been shattered. It's become painfully obvious that all they have is sexual chemistry and now that Sami has taken sex off the table, there is little left that's worth having. That's a stark realization for EJ, one he doesn't want to face.

As for Abby, if EJ is going to stray, she's the perfect choice because of her demeanor. It's a pretty common scenario. Successful guy in his late 30s or early 40s is married or close to it but not happy in the relationship. Things with the girlfriend/fiancee/wife are too complicated, too difficult, or just too asexual at the moment so they get what they need somewhere else. It's quite common for somewhere else to be a pretty young woman in her early 20s. Young milquetoasts stroke their ego, they laugh at all their jokes, listen attentively to their stories, and they don't yell and make demands. At least not at first. That's what he's craving right now: sex and positive reinforcement from someone he perceives as simple and uncomplicated.

The only way to sell this story would be to recreate the story they gave for him with Taylor by having him be love struck by a new woman who came to town. But even then it's not the same circumstance because he had fallen out of love with Nicole for years prior to that point. It doesn't make sense for him to sleep with Abby, at all. This screams plot contrivance.

A redo of the Taylor mess would be a plot contrivance. There is nothing in this scenario that is out of character for EJ or Abby.

EJ's not the kind of guy who is this fickle. It doesn't make sense considering his character and previous motivations from his past stories.

EJ is fickle. Look how fast he downshifted from Sami to Nicole to Sami to Nicole to Taylor and back to Sami. Even his obsession with Sami is fickle given how frequently he swings back and forth between love and hate, conquer and destroy. The depth of his obsession never changes but the tone and feelings are ever-shifting. After so much drama and difficulty, I don't think it's the slightest bit out of character for a man with as big an ego as EJ's to get himself some sex because his fiancee ain't putting out anymore. Listen to some of his arguments with Sami lately. He clearly doesn't understand that in a real relationship sex isn't going to happen or be mutually satisfying when there are huge issues hanging over their heads. All he knows is that Sami "owes" him sex and isn't giving it and he's mad and resentful about it. Not a surprising attitude from a rapist who got his victim to agree to marry him. Given his sense of entitlement, it would be even more in character for EJ to rape Sami during one of these knock down drag out fights of theirs. That's who he is: an egotistical rapist who takes what he wants by deception or force when it isn't handed to him on a silver platter. As someone up-thread said, the fact that this encounter with Abby apparently doesn't involve a gun being put to her head is a step in the right direction for EJ.

Yessss! Get it Abby!

I really didn't expect this but I'm glad it's going there.

So am I!

Ans IA with you that EJ and/or Abby probably stop this before it gets too far. They will give into it a few months down the line. At least I'm hoping they do.

Can I just throw in how thrilled I am that the big controversy and fuss driving this show right now is a man cheating on his fiancee? After years of ridiculous, OTT, and often mock-worthy plot contrivances from DAYS, it's so refreshing to see that we're finally at a point where something this simple and real is what gets people talking.

And yes, this is totally in character for both EJ and Abby. It's also nice that it doesn't have to be spelt out for us. I'm glad that this show finally assumes its viewers have a modicum of intelligence (though some EJami stans are kinda disproving that theory but...)

I'm thrilled about this. I like EJ/Sami well enough, but this should shake things up. I only hope it's not a one night stand that EJ immediately regrets. That would be weak.

Can I just throw in how thrilled I am that the big controversy and fuss driving this show right now is a man cheating on his fiancee? After years of ridiculous, OTT, and often mock-worthy plot contrivances from DAYS, it's so refreshing to see that we're finally at a point where something this simple and real is what gets people talking.

And yes, this is totally in character for both EJ and Abby. It's also nice that it doesn't have to be spelt out for us. I'm glad that this show finally assumes its viewers have a modicum of intelligence (though some EJami stans are kinda disproving that theory but...)

Wow when you put it that way, you're right. It's actually something realistic that has people up in arms.

EJ, she's too young for you bro.

I'm glad that I work during the day. Soaps were so much better back in 2006.

dont like this at all

Edited January 7, 201411 yr by John

Nope Sonny is theblood relation. Alex & Joey arent

And Victor II

Soaps were so much better back in 2006.

I do believe that's the first time I've ever heard that ever.

I do believe that's the first time I've ever heard that ever.

And the last.