DAYS: August 2021 Discussion Thread

[Soapsuds]

Tyler Topits was the SW for Thursday's show.

 

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I have to say Boatman has a lot of sex appeal. 

[AlexElizabeth]

The texting was great! I'm sure some older viewers were wondering what a "thirst trap" is but that really is how the kids are talking these days. 

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 I hope we get more of them today. 

[Soapsuds]

Belle: this is so excitiiiiiing!!

Barf! Excited about the serial killer weeding.

And Ciara so excited to marry a serial killer...so stupid and insane.

[carolineg]

Ugh....I am annoyed John/Marlena are so deeply invested in the Cin wedding.  I know Marlena cares, but now John?  The whole thing was annoying and clearly Days just didn't want to pull out the church set lol

[FrenchBug82]

Worse than a soap telling a terrible story (and Ciara marrying Ben is an awful story choice) but a terrible story told incompetently.

Once they had made the call Ciara/Ben was going to be the end game, how in the hell did they think it made for good drama if *no one* in Salem opposed the union. Bo/Hope not being there, they should have had Shawn not being onboard.
I am not suggesting this because I am opposed to Ben/Ciara but because it is such obvious drama and this is a soap! Having a wedding without any opposition is silly in the best of times but it is even sillier when the problem is obvious and it is right there on the table for pickings.
They are so focused on selling Ben/Ciara that they are not even bothering to write the obvious story beats.
For those who watched Another World, Iris' exit was a really sore point for me because it was beneath the character but at least I appreciate that despite everyone warming to Carl/Rachel - a couple similar to Ben/Ciara in that they had great chemistry but were an abomination when you thought of the things Carl had done - Iris steadfastly opposed the union to the end. That was consistent with the character and provided nice scenes and drama.
That they are leaving such an obvious source of conflict on the table at Days is just incompetent writing in the service of a fanbase.
 

[AbcNbc247]

Johnny and Allie seem to have good brother-sister chemistry, and the chemistry between Johnny and Chanel is definitely there too 

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One thing at least, Ben never tried to kill Ciara, like Carl did to Rachel 

Edited August 20, 2021 by AbcNbc247

[AlexElizabeth]

It's well known that I loathe Ben and Ciara but I say this objectively. It is time for them to be written off. I don't see what storyline potential there is for these two at this point. They're married, they're happy, and nobody objects to them being together. Two of the people in their age group that they interact with, Theo and Claire, just got written off. Ben has no connections to the canvas and obviously Ciara is related to everyone, but a lot of her more major connections like Bo, Hope, and even Claire now are gone. They don't even have jobs that could give them any sort of purpose. I just don't see where they go from here. Are we going to see them being happy in bed every day? Because that's boring. The best option seems to be writing them off and giving them their happily ever after. Even as a huge hater, I'd be totally fine with that because it means they're not on my screen any more. They can pop in for holidays or something. But there's no storyline for them. It's time to cut them loose.

I loved the Johnny/Allie scenes. I think I'm sold on this actor. Loved the sibling chemistry! Johnny doesn't like Ben. YES! Chanel popping up at the end of the episode was random but I'm not mad. Johnny wants to sample Chanel's sweet bits. OMG. Settle down Johnny! I can't with him.

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These two are fun.

I also enjoyed EJ/Nicole. I'd much rather watch Nicole chatting with EJ than feeding macaroni and cheese to Rafe.

[ranger1rg]

The Cin wedding was beyond boring and cheap. Seriously, one of the worst soap weddings in forever.

[AbcNbc247]

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[Antoyne]

I’m two weeks behind and my fast forward finger is already itching to get past the Ben/Ciara scenes

[Soapsuds]

If they had to get one that's what they deserved.

I am sick though of marlena marrying people..it has become so tedicious.

Hmmm...I pressed play and nothing.

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[AbcNbc247]

It'll be here before you know it! 

I love when Dishin Days has guest stars from the show on with them. 

[Soapsuds]

Isn't one of the hosts a poster on here?

I'm loving Johnny so far.

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[AbcNbc247]

Really? I had no idea.

And agreed on Johnny. He seems to have good chemistry with everyone he's shared scenes with so far. And I'm really liking this younger set of Johnny/Allie/Chanel/Tripp. They're a lot better than Ben/Ciara/Claire  

[Soapsuds]

Yes, it's one of the female posters. 

I still want my Johnny/Tripp pairing...