Days of Our Lives: December 2021 Discussion Thread

[titan1978]

I’ve been catching up on possession 2.0 and I think if they had done a riff of Stephen King’s Needful Things this time it would have worked better for me.

The devil comes to this quaint little town, wrecks havoc, and gives people what they want but not in the way they want it.

[Soapsuds]

He's not available! He's my husband, you b!tch!

But then we get an Alexis and Krystal mention which ruined the scene.

[carolineg]

I liked today's episode.  It was a very entertaining non-Possession episode.  Sami really makes everything better. 

Some thoughts that are silly-

They brought back Phillip's fake leg lol.  I thought that wasn't a thing anymore.

You would think Sami would want to take a shower and change instead of running around town, but I guess she doesn't have a place to live, so?

I have a really hard time believing Kate would be with a man who had a weekly bowling night.   I have a hard time Marlena would as well.  NVM, Grandpa John is probably on Roman's bowling team, but at least we know he's still badass.  Why does the show make Roman so uncool?  Lol! 

Was Lucas just running the pub because Roman was gone?  Was Kate in charge?  Does Roman not have employees?

I actually think NB is doing a good job with this story and I have never thought NB was much of an actress.

[janea4old]

Lucas and Kate currently both live in rooms above the pub.

[AbcNbc247]

20+ years and Ali and Ari still bring out the best in each other. They have such good hate chemistry that their scenes still glue me to the screen.

I was actually thinking of Needful Things when I made the post about what possession 2.0 should be lol. Having MarDevil drive story throughout the entire show would have been great to see. 

Edited December 10, 2021 by AbcNbc247

[titan1978]

It would have been a way to have the story have incredible stakes but in a smaller way, which fits with their storytelling capabilities.  Imagine her pitting Gabi and Julie against each other (like the neighbors in the film).  Cursing the Cin baby.  Giving John a piece of his past back which has him leave town in search of something.  Lucas and Sami reunited.  Johnny making his movie.  Paulina’s secret being used as more of a plot point.  Chad and EJ fighting for Dimera.  So many things could be tied to this and explode one of them once a month for maximum payoff.

[AbcNbc247]

Haha... imagine Julie with the meat cleaver and Gabi with the knife 

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Johnny/Tripp/Allie/Chanel Sami/EJ/Nicole; so many storylines could've reached their climax this way. Plus, it would be a good explanation as to why Philip has been such a nut lately. They made the right choice having MarDevil be the catalyst to move the Abe/Lani/Paulina story along, and it would also have been the right choice if they had done that for other storylines.

[AlexElizabeth]

It really burns me when the show uses Misty Circle to insult Nicole. She was a minor forced into porn by her abusive father. There are a million other things characters can to say to bash Nicole. Stop with the "Nicole is a slut who did porn!" narrative already.

Sami is so annoying but in a good way. The show is never boring when she's around. I appreciate that they always find ways to keep the rivalry with Nicole fresh. It's not like they're still fighting over ancient history from years and years ago. Sami coming home to find EJ with Nicole writes itself, so I'm glad the show went that route. There's really no reason to put EJ and Sami back together if she's not going to be on the show full-time. I'm assuming this is another ATM visit between Hallmark movies. DF and AS don't have chemistry anyway.

DF is getting hotter with every episode. I was so upset when he put his shirt on today and then even more upset when he buttoned it up. Was that really necessary?

Lucas being so giddy over EJ/Nicole had me laughing out loud.

I'm so glad that Shawn and Belle are being utilized more. They're connected to everyone and should be involved in all kinds of stories. LOL at Shawn saying he's not too close to the case.

I feel like we're in for a lot of repetitive Brad/Chloe scenes (so the usual). LOL, the writers finally remembered Philip's prosthetic leg.

Did we really need Rafe and Ava on today? No, no we didn't. Good episode otherwise.

[DRW50]

Hack writers making references to shows that ended nearly  35 years ago says it all about daytime's relevance. 

[FrenchBug82]

No. It says something about RC's style of writing.
He doesn't know how to do a wink. He has to lay the self-referential gay stuff on THICK.

I felt that way during the Kristen/Billie confrontation on Beyond Salem. I know the parallel with that infamous Real Housewives scene was amusing and... yet the more I think about it the more it was too heavy-handed for me.
As SS said, this scene was initially amusing with over-the-top lines until RC had to weigh it down by lampshading it. He should trust the audience to get the jokes.

[DRW50]

Which ties  in to daytime's irrelevance.  The man helped kill one soap, and has barely  managed to write one decent story in his entire career. Yet he is given carte  blanche on various soaps and treated as a god by the cliqueish, spiteful dregs of what is left of the soap press.

[FrenchBug82]

I will completely agree with you that soaps inability to try and find writers outside of the same ol' circle - new fresher more diverse voices - is a pillar of its current problems.
That said, I still think RC's faults are specific to him but I'd take self-referential and heavy-handed humor over whatever flatlining dreg Y&R is serving these days.

[AlexElizabeth]

The cutest pictures... and Lamon looks goooooood. 

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[KLN]

That's pretty much how I feel.

Ron is basically a poor man's Ryan Murphy but at least his shows are fun. You can feel the creative energy but he needs a co-HW to tame his camp and self-indulgence.

Edited December 13, 2021 by KLN

[Cat]

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