Marlena and her family continued to be front and center today.
I admit, I probably wouldn't have done this storyline if I were writing but at the same time, I feel like the writers are finally starting to find their footing with Marlena post-John's death. It was nice to see her be there for her family, her friends,(most of) her patients, etc. over the past year and a half, but now that I think about it, they appeared to really struggle with how to give Marlena a storyline where she was the primary player in it, in the aftermath of John's death. This whole Dominic storyline feels different. Marlena is finally starting to feel like a primary player again. And while I'm not gonna be shouting from the rooftops any time soon about how amazing and brilliant this all is lol I am interested in seeing all of it play out. And it's wayyyy better than Marlena just having Lyme disease and needing a temporary pacemaker 😂😂
Even today, where she spent most of the episode in bed, dreaming of (and giving us flashbacks of) her time with Orpheus, San Cristobal, The Possession etc., I found her storyline to be the most interesting. And even though today's episode should have ended with her confronting Dominic instead of her just leaving the apartment to go see him, I'm looking forward to their confrontation tomorrow.
I see that Marlena's bedroom has a bigger window now too lol
And while Chad and Belle's newest daily conflict seemed to come out of nowhere, and while it also seemed a little out of character for Chad to jump down Belle's throat like he did, I did think it was better than the random conflict that they had last week. There was more depth, and more drama and conflict could be mined, from the argument that they had today. Now, the writers just need to run with it a lot more, and weave more characters into Chad and Belle's storyline as well.
I was surprised to learn today that Dante actually had no idea about Dominic's background. I was a little worried that it would turn out that they were working together and that Dante's relationship with Sami was just an elaborate scam or something. To learn that Dominic was working solely on his own to pair up Dante and Sami, as a way of possibly sticking it to EJ, and that Dante truly loves Sami adds more layers to both characters. I can't help but think that there's gonna be a twist though, especially since Dante and Sydney had such good chemistry lol but I'm looking forward to seeing what happens.
They both looked really good too
Unfortunately, the weak link today turned out to be EJ/DF, who once again, came off like a jealous, insecure brat, when he really should have played it as devastated and heartbroken over the fact that the whole life that Stefano gave him is basically a lie. His acting wasn't bad, it just felt like he made the wrong choices, once again. And while I liked the way Tony was there for him , I really think he should have had this conversation with Cat. If he had confided in her about all his fears and insecurities and heartbreak, it could have helped propel their storyline, and relationship further along, and finally given it some much needed movement.
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