Jump to content

Days of Our Lives: April 2022 Discussion Thread


Recommended Posts

  • Members

Greg Vaughan makes me swoon like no other soap actor.  And I like that the character Eric is a nice guy.  Imperfect, flawed, and a bonus is that he catches himself when he starts to be judgy.  Self-aware.

The expressions in his eyes and smile are what are what I find hot. I just melt!

Right now, for me ... 
Eric Brady >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> the rest of the show.

(I love Allie with Chanel, but I got no interest in watching them until after the possession crap is done.)

I also enjoyed Greg Vaughan's character on Queen Sugar.  Well every single actor on that show is outstanding but I thought he kept up fairly well and I enjoyed GV's character Calvin during his time with Rutina's Nova.  I liked how  his character Calvin ended up acknowledging his own hypocrisy and did the right thing.
(I won't elaborate so as to not spoil things for anyone who missed recent seasons of Queen Sugar - it's important to watch his scenes unspoiled, because of how that affects things).

Edited by janea4old
Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • Replies 511
  • Created
  • Last Reply

Top Posters In This Topic

  • Members

I like Eric/GV/JA a lot, but Eric has always been the forgotten twin lol.  The show spent so much time on Sami that Eric basically had to be a nice guy and the show really missed out by not bringing him on earlier when they brought AS on. They wasted JA his entire run with pointless pairings (you know Nicole/Eric Version 1 was lame) and no real story.  With GV, the show has tried a lot with him, but the priest stuff is a little weird for someone from a family that's not overtly religious (at least his parents aren't).  Eric is bland, but I prefer him to both Rafe and Brady.   GV is hot, has charisma, and good interaction with his co-stars.  He's not going to win any acting awards, but he fills a role on the show that I like.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • Members

I'm glad Chad called out Sonny on how over obsessive he's being and he should focus more on Will. I get all things Leo did to Sonny, but I'm assuming there's something else behind this new found obsessive behavior. 

This was the second time now that Sonny was grossed out by Chad and Abby kissing. Then that joke from Abby about "Don't have a three-way." More and more I'm convinced they are going to hook up Sonny and Chad down the road. 

I know this is never going to happen for real, but oh do I love me some Leo and Xander! 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • Members

For opposite-gender twins, I loved Brenda and Brandon on the original Beverly Hills 90210.  I wish DAYS had given Sami and Eric that type of relationship.  We were robbed of that because teen Sami was brought to Salem while teen Eric was left in Colorado.

DAYS still could have given viewers the Sami/Eric twins with some type of adult twin-closeness, but the show never bothered.   I keep hoping every year that this will be rectified; but it's been nearly 30 years so I guess I should let that dream go.

Edited by janea4old
Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • Members

Brenda/Brandon were really good.  I feel like Sami/Eric were close when JA was first cast.  I remember Eric saying he had a twin sense with Sami and Sami actually cut herself to appear like she was sad or in pain so Eric wouldn't guess she was lying about something.  It was always a missing thread to leave Eric in Colorado.  His entire family is imploding is Salem, but Eric's just living with his grandparents lol.  I don't think it would have been hard to find a teen actor to play Eric when AS was cast.  I wonder if JER just didn't care and didn't bother.

But you are right, I have never felt much twin-closeness between GV/AS nor do I think they look alike at all.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • Members

Interesting!  I missed most of the Jensen Ackles years, except for what I've seen in some historical Lumi and Ericole clips.  I do remember the Greta/ Garden of Eden nonsense.

I remember watching the OG Ericole scenes on youtube (back when you could do that) ... these were scenes of JA's Eric learning that underage Nicole had been forced by her father to be in porn videos, and how he found the warehouse and reported it and all the videos were destroyed.  (That storyline aired before the internet was commonplace, so back in those days, it was plausible that you could destroy physical videotapes and that would be the end of the video being circulated.)  JA was really good in those scenes.

But I haven't seen any old Eric/Sami clips.

Edited by janea4old
Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • Members

JA's Eric was introduced right after JT's Roman was.  Carrie enlisted Eric to find out if Sami still had amnesia (she didn't) and was involved in exposing Sami at Sami/Austin's wedding.  He also had a mysterious past that he was running from in Colorado-which seem to imply he might be gay-but was something else entirely and overall not even important enough to recap lol.    He then worked with Sami to get Roman/Marlena back together for whatever reason they had. 

Overall, GV has had much more story over the years as Eric.  It just has never been very coherent IMO.  Except for the Nicole romance, it's almost like two different characters.  JA's Eric was never overtly religious or showed any interest in priesthood, but he was a photographer which is a thread the show still carries.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • Members

I'm not liking this obsession Sonny has with Leo. Like Chad said why are you still here when Will isn't. 

Jamey must've written the script because Leo is flaming today and calling Abigail a b!tch.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • Members

I want Sonny/Chad so bad and they are killing me with these teases lol.

I thought Leo was funny today with Abby and Xander.

IDGAF about Jake's back pain 

Please register in order to view this content

Of course the wedding is taking place in the square. 

 

Edited by AlexElizabeth
Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • Recently Browsing   0 members

    • No registered users viewing this page.



  • Recent Posts

    • It could have been interesting, given that she and Alex were friends. I imagine he would have ended up bringing out her Solita personality.  For all the talk of crazy fans, for a long time fans did seem willing to embrace the rivals of...well, Reva's rivals. (no wonder Kim felt insecure as it happened three times with her) You don't seem to get as much of the tribalism until the "Manny" era. I guess some might say "Matessa" too, but as I could not stand Dinah in those years, I am not one to talk about their fans if they managed to repeatedly put the kibosh on a Matt/Dinah pairing. And at least that did not seem to involve death threats.
    • 1976 Pt 4 Viki is stunned to learn from Dr. Jim Craig that her father may never speak or be mobile again. Dorian bravely assures her that she’ll devote her entire life to Victor and if anyone can help him recover, she can. Alone with Victor, Dorian tells him she knows he hears her and she was wrong—she lashed out at him from hurt. She insists that none of it is true, that Tony is lying to try to drive her away and be Victor’s heir. Dorian then accuses Tony of causing Victor’s stroke, saying he could have killed him. But learning that Victor made three phone calls after his visit convinces him that his father was fine after he left and Dorian’s fine hand is at the base of this. Dorian insists that Victor be released into her care as soon as possible; she'll set up all necessary facilities at Llanfair., When Dorian walks in while Viki is reading a letter from Tony to Victor, she interrupts the reading, claiming it’s upsetting Victor. Viki tells Tony, however, that Victor was fine listening to his letter and it was Dorian’s entrance that upset him greatly. Dorian is delighted when a Lord Enterprises attorney informs her she’s going to receive Victor’s power of attorney on a temporary basis. Tony is furious that no one is challenging this, but Viki explains that they can’t do anything, as the law is on Dorian’s side and a challenge would only be a public statement of lack of trust in Victor’s wife. Viki insists that Victor’s welfare is being safeguarded, but Tony points out that. none of the people who care for him are with him at Llanfair. Joe is with Victor when he seems to rally and speaks Joe’s and Dorian’s names. Over Joe’s observation that Victor wants to continue, Dorian quickly administers a sedative, insisting this effort is too taxing. The following day, Peter, at Llanfair to give Dorian some Free Clinic reports she’s requested, overhears Victor say, “Phone . . . get me Hanson” (one of his lawyers) and sees Dorian quickly sedate him again, saying he can’t have any visitors for fear of overexertion. The very next day Victor is taken back to the hospital by ambulance, in a coma. Told that Victor is conscious but near death, and calling for his daughter, Dorian, knowing that Viki and Joe are waiting in the courtyard, intentionally sends the nurse to look for them in Jim’s office, delaying their arrival until Victor is no longer able to talk. Viki sits with him for a few moments, then must leave, and shortly thereafter Jim tells her, Joe, and Tony that Victor has died. . Vinnie is horrified to learn his wife Wanda, is the “Lana-Sheen Lady,” a cosmetics saleswoman. He tells her she violated the trust of their marriage by intentionally concealing that she was working, something he had forbidden, insisting he must be the breadwinner in the family. But Wanda warns Vinnie that there is more to this than the money, that she needs to feel she’s accomplishing something with her life. Vinnie does think it through but questions the safety of going door to door. Wanda then springs Tony’s offer that  work for him at Tony’s Place, initially infuriating Vince, who claims Tony is a wolf. But a visit to the club shows Vince that Wanda does indeed have considerable talents for running a restaurant establishment, and he gives his approval. Despite Cathy’s continued insistence that they not marry but go on as before, Tony is willing to let her have things her way, and their relationship has resumed. Pat tries to reassure her son, who thinks Cathy is not very nice, by explaining that it’s difficult for Cathy to be with children, since she recently lost her own little girl. But the pain of facing Tony and Cathy’s relationship becomes too much for Pat and, needing to tell someone, she confides in Viki the true story of Brian’s parentage.  Viki tells Pat she must tell Tony the truth and she should fight for Tony if she still loves him and give her son his rightful father, especially since Tony and Brian were good friends from the moment they met. Cathy, however, is growing suspicious of the easy closeness between Pat and Tony and questions him about their old relationship. Tony insists that their relationship was a brief romance, too short to be earthshaking, and assures her that Pat didn’t rebound into Kendall’s arms they had known each other long before Rio. But Cathy is not satisfied, and pursues her inquiry in New York, where she finds that Pat didn’t marry Paul until after Brian’s birth. This confirms Cathy’s suspicions, and she decides she has to act now to keep Pat from taking Tony from her. Pat, meanwhile, has decided to tell Tony the truth and arranges a meeting with him. She is stunned when he walks in with Cathy and introduces her as Mrs. Tony Lord. Pat says nothing, and later has to tell her embittered son that he’s going to have to accept Cathy as Tony’s wife whether he likes it or not. Viki, learning of Tony’s marriage, rushes to console Pat, who castigatés herself for having wasted so much time on a man who doesn’t love her. She knows she'll have to tell Brian the truth someday, but is sure that if he learned the truth now he would feel deserted by Tony, just as he feels deserted by Paul. Tony and Cathy’s married life begins on an idyllic plane, with Cathy eagerly making plans for a child. Tony has read Cathy’s book and wonders if she’s not | dealt too severely with a central character who bears an unmistakeable resemblance to Viki. Cathy admits that this is true, and Pat, working with Cathy’s agent, has already suggested revisions. Pat finds Brian having nightmares, and the boy admits his uncertainty about his father’s death, as Paul’s body was never actually identified. Concerned, Tony spends time with the boy, upsetting Cathy, who sees him as a threat. Cathy’s agent mentions to Pat that Cathy interrogated him about the details of her marriage and her child, and Pat suddenly realizes Cathy knows. She confronts Cathy, accusing her of marrying Tony to hold on to him. Cathy tries to insist that she doesn’t know what Pat’s talking about, and counter accuses her of trying to break up her marriage. Pat then leaves, saying they’ll discuss it when Cathy’s ready.
    • Michelle Forbes really captivated GL viewers so it was smart of Long to take advantage of that. When I looked back at news items and letters to the editors, I found so many letters to the editors/columns upset she was not nominated for Best Actress the year before she was nominated for supporting actress.  I read somewhere that they had planned a major storyline with Sonni and Roger but that it never came to pass because Forbes wanted to leave the show. I wonder what they had in mind.
    • May 2025 Episode Rankings A total of 22 Episodes aired this month thanks as always @jcar03!  1.) Michael Mealor (Kyle Abbott) : 14 2.) Eric Braeden (Victor Newman) : 13 3.) Hayley Erin (Claire Newman) : 11 *.) Michelle Stafford (Phyllis Summers) : 11 5.) Jason Thompson (Billy Abbott) : 10 6.) Peter Bergman (Jack Abbott) : 9 *.) Christel Khalil (Lily Winters) : 9 *.) Susan Walters (Diane Jenkins Abbott) : 9 9.) Melissa Claire Egan (Chelsea Lawson) : 8 *.) Mark Grossman (Adam Newman) : 8 *.) Courtney Hope (Sally Spectra) : 8 *.) Josh Morrow (Nick Newman) : 8 *.) Jermaine Rivers (Damian Kane) : 8 14.) Melody Thomas Scott (Nikki Newman) : 7 *.) Zuleyka Silver (Audra Charles) : 7 16.) Sean Dominic (Nate Hastings) : 6 *.) Amelia Heinle (Victoria Newman) : 6 18.) Sharon Case (Sharon Newman) : 5 *.) Bryton James (Devon Winters) : 5 *.) Christian LeBlanc (Michael Baldwin) : 5 *.) Tracey Bregman (Lauren Fenmore Baldwin) : 5 *.) Mishael Morgan (Amanda Sinclair) : 5 23.) Nathan Owens (Holden Novak) : 4 24.) Michael Graziadei (Daniel Romalotti) : 3 *.) Cait Fairbanks (Tessa Porter) : 3 *.) Redding Munsell (Harrison Abbott) : 3 27.) Camryn Grimes (Mariah Copeland) : 2 *.) Allison Lanier (Summer Newman) : 2 *.) Eileen Davidson (Ashley Abbott) : 2 *.) Melissa Ordway (Abby Winters) : 2 *.) J. Eddie Peck (Cole Howard) : 2 *.) Valerie Pettiford (Amy Lewis) : 2 *.) Jai Rodriguez (Pietro) : 2 34.) Kate Linder (Esther Valentine) : 1 *.) Elizabeth Hendrickson (Chloe Fisher) : 1 *.) Beth Maitland (Traci Abbott) : 1 *.) Vincent Stalba (Carter) : 1 
    • Haha, love to hear it, and thank you! Yeah, I just write down thoughts/notes as I'm watching in this viewing journal I'm keeping.  So, you get my raw, honest thoughts in the moment without me having to go back and remember or curate anything.

      Please register in order to view this content

        Watros is great, and I've liked her from the beginning, so I'm excited to see her evolve and shine even more as Annie continues to descend. I'll keep an eye out for that scene.  I have to say, Rick cracks me up, there are times when he makes jokes and you can tell the actor is having fun with it and cracking himself up. He's endearing. Let me suffer!    So funny how big Josh's hair is in the 80s. Sign of the times, I guess.   I can't wait to finally see the Sonni storyline and watch a younger Michelle Forbes shine. It's on my list, I will go back in time eventually and do this  
    • This was late 1993, right before Roger is shot. 
    • Haha I guess so, and in this recent case, Alan absolutely deserved it (many times over, honestly).
    • It's hard to remember, as Holly and Blake always seemed to be on the outs over something.
    • Ohhh yes, these were exciting!  What year was this?  Another added bonus, watching Tangie lurk around like a thief with that black beanie.

      Please register in order to view this content

      I'm happy to hear I'm not alone in my thoughts over Gilly's exit and Vivian's first and likely only contract storyline. It was just a shame. On one hand, I'm glad they decided to finally write for this family (as Gilly was sorely underused in 1995), but then on the other... that was what they decided? Sure, it was a bit soapy, but oh so gross. They could have come up with something better.
    • Women slapping guys is a little more common.  I grew up with CBS, so it doesn't seem strange to me. If you got a slap, you usually really deserved it.
×
×
  • Create New...

Important Information

By using this site, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy