Tamara Braun is a lot like Melissa Claire Egan. Both actresses flourish when their characters either are insane or have a bit of edge to them, but flounder if their character is a saint/sane.  
 

Suffice to say I’m loving TB this go around. 

22 minutes ago, MichaelGL said:

Tamara Braun is a lot like Melissa Claire Egan. Both actresses flourish when their characters either are insane or have a bit of edge to them, but flounder if their character is a saint/sane.  
 

Suffice to say I’m loving TB this go around. 

THIS.

 

I love TB when she has an unpredictable edge to her character. 

I'm just going to keep saying it. Charlie looks adorable in the glasses. I feel better after googling the actor and seeing that he's 33 - older than me. I thought I was creeping on some 21-year-old kid.

36 minutes ago, AlexElizabeth said:

I'm just going to keep saying it. Charlie looks adorable in the glasses. I feel better after googling the actor and seeing that he's 33 - older than me. I thought I was creeping on some 21-year-old kid.

Wow, I had no idea that Mike Manning was 33 (or that he was a former Real World cast member--at least he's a much better actor than Kyle Brandt). Just watched some old interviews with him, and somehow he now looks younger and cuter than he did when he was 22. 

On 12/12/2020 at 11:49 AM, MichaelGL said:

Tamara Braun is a lot like Melissa Claire Egan. Both actresses flourish when their characters either are insane or have a bit of edge to them, but flounder if their character is a saint/sane.  
 

Suffice to say I’m loving TB this go around. 

 

Exactly. TB is so much better playing this type of role. I'm enjoying her as well. Such a refreshing change from wet dishrag Kim. 

Sarah was annoying again today. You know that she secretly wants a friendship like Ava/Kristen or Lani/Kristen with somebody.

 

Felt bad for Kayla today. Bringing Joey back added a great dynamic to the story, but it also causes her to be torn even more. Mary Beth is still killing it though.

 

Charlie did look hot with the glasses, but sadly it looks like everything we figured about him is true. Another character with potential squandered just for the plot and nothing more.

53 minutes ago, AbcNbc247 said:

Charlie did look hot with the glasses, but sadly it looks like everything we figured about him is true. Another character with potential squandered just for the plot and nothing more.

I love how they structured the big Charlie reveal today, dropping hints throughout the episode (including that little line about how he has a brother that he doesn't really know), then giving us that ominous music cue at the end when he shows up at Ava's door. 

 

Now that they're no longer filming 9 months ahead, they might still notice the positive viewer response to Mike Manning and give Charlie a "redemption" storyline at some point. I mean, it worked for Tripp. 

Edited December 14, 20205 yr by prefab1

14 minutes ago, prefab1 said:

Now that they're no longer filming 9 months ahead, they might still notice the positive viewer response to Mike Manning and give Charlie a "redemption" storyline at some point. I mean, it worked for Tripp. 

I hoping for that too. He is a good actor. He's handsome and charismatic and I do see some chemistry with Claire, not a lot but some.

 

And besides, Claire is related to like everybody on the show. Charlie and Theo (hope he comes back) are her only options. I don't count step cousin Tripp, who also needs to be with someone that he's not related to.

Edited December 14, 20205 yr by AbcNbc247

On 12/12/2020 at 1:59 PM, AlexElizabeth said:

I'm just going to keep saying it. Charlie looks adorable in the glasses. I feel better after googling the actor and seeing that he's 33 - older than me. I thought I was creeping on some 21-year-old kid.

 

I never looked up his age. I'm shocked he's a year younger than I am. I feel less creepy now too LOL. 

20 hours ago, prefab1 said:

I love how they structured the big Charlie reveal today, dropping hints throughout the episode (including that little line about how he has a brother that he doesn't really know), then giving us that ominous music cue at the end when he shows up at Ava's door. 

 

Now that they're no longer filming 9 months ahead, they might still notice the positive viewer response to Mike Manning and give Charlie a "redemption" storyline at some point. I mean, it worked for Tripp. 

 

I thought they did a nice build up. Even though most of us were waiting for the Ava connection to be revealed. It definitely has to help they aren't 9 months ahead but I think they're about 3. But this is a problem I have. They introduce a new young man who's interesting and the audience likes him. So of course he's probably the creepy rapist. I'm a little worn out on 'redemption'. 

I'm just catching up on the Thanksgiving episodes, and I can't help but notice the foyer/entrance of the Horton house has shrunken. Decades ago, they took out the door between the front door and stair case that went to Tom Horton's office. But now they've taken out the door to the coat closet, and we just have the front door immediately next to the stair case. 

The scenes at Kayla's and Hope's were so awkward. Sets really do matter. Today's  episode confirms. What SON posters and soap twitter knew from the start. That Charlie was Allie's rapist.  Charlie has been on months. And had no idea that Allie had a child🙄 I'm not a genetics expert. Brothers don't share the exact DNA. If Tripp and Charlie are fraternal twins. They wouldn't share the same DNA.

Edited December 15, 20204 yr by victoria foxton

2 hours ago, KMan101 said:

 

I never looked up his age. I'm shocked he's a year younger than I am. I feel less creepy now too LOL. 

 

 

You're 34? I thought you were older!😂

11 minutes ago, victoria foxton said:

The scenes at Kayla's and Hope's were so awkward. Sets really do matter. Today's  episode confirms. What SON posters and soap twitter knew from the start. That Charlie was Allie's rapist.  Charlie has been on months. And no idea that Allie had a child🙄 

Glad I didn't invest in him. Figures Ron would do this. He'll be written out in 6 months yet we'll still have murderer Ben on as some glorifying hero.

15 minutes ago, victoria foxton said:

The scenes at Kayla's and Hope's were so awkward. Sets really do matter. Today's  episode confirms. What SON posters and soap twitter knew from the start. That Charlie was Allie's rapist.  Charlie has been on months. And had no idea that Allie had a child🙄 I'm not a genetics expert. Brothers don't share the exact DNA. If Tripp and Charlie are fraternal twins. They wouldn't share the same DNA.

 

I guess it depends what kind of DNA testing they did - it'd show that they were related, which might be enough of a leeway here. They probably wouldn't do advanced DNA testing to begin with if it was just to check if the baby and he was related since they didn't know about him having a brother. With that said, they should've just had Kayla test someone related to Tripp (Ava?) to conclude that the baby is his/related to him. Hell, with Ava being a criminal her DNA might've been in some database so they might've found a way to exploit that.

7 minutes ago, Soapsuds said:

You're 34? I thought you were older!😂

Glad I didn't invest in him. Figures Ron would do this. He'll be written out in 6 months yet we'll still have murderer Ben on as some glorifying hero.

 

This goes to show you that bringing in a new actor/character just for a plot doesn't often work, no matter how much time there is between writing, taping then airing. You never know which actor may or may not take off with the fans until they see it. They made a mistake with Evan and Zoey, and now they made the same mistake with Charlie.

 

But then again, maybe Ron does have a little problem with bisexuality after all lol

2 hours ago, KMan101 said:

 

I never looked up his age. I'm shocked he's a year younger than I am. I feel less creepy now too LOL. 

How old did you think he was lol