IMO, Peter Reckell has always been decent/good.  Not great, not going to win emmys, but a solid Days lead.  He was just so off today.  He must be rusty or trying something as a brain washed guy.  But I don't remember brainwashed Bo from the 2000's being this awkward.

@SoapsudsI literally thought the same thing about Paul/Andrew.  Can't Paul go anywhere to coach?  If he was specifically tied to a University perhaps, but it seemed like he was coaching a minor league team from the dialogue, which I think could have more flexibility.

Belle/MM are bland, but it was a better bland performance than usual lol

Edited March 18, 20232 yr by carolineg

BTW, wouldn't you love to travel like they do on a soap?

John flew from Salem to the west coast for about an hour, had a beer with his son, and then went back home.

Andrew spent the day at his office, then flew cross country (without luggage), and was able to catch Paul before he went to sleep.

Of course, nobody ever needs a ride to the airport, connecting flights, or even a laptop to watch a movie.  And when you arrive, no need to text your loved ones, they're sure to be home waiting for you with a cold cocktail.

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1 minute ago, j swift said:

BTW, wouldn't you love to travel like they do on a soap?

John flew from Salem to the west coast for about an hour, had a beer with his son, and then went back home.

Andrew spent the day at his office, then flew cross country (without luggage), and was able to catch Paul before he went to sleep.

And, of course, nobody ever needs a ride to the airport, connecting flights, or even a laptop to watch a movie.

Days gave us the subtitle of "Later that Evening..."  How more realistic do you want it?😂

23 minutes ago, carolineg said:

@SoapsudsI literally thought the same thing about Paul/Andrew.  Can't Paul go anywhere to coach? 

To be fair, minor league coaching is apparently so demanding that Paul had to leave Marlena's funeral early in order to get back to his team (that plays baseball in February?)

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6 minutes ago, carolineg said:

Days gave us the subtitle of "Later that Evening..."  How more realistic do you want it?😂

Oh I missed that

27 minutes ago, carolineg said:

 

@SoapsudsI literally thought the same thing about Paul/Andrew.  Can't Paul go anywhere to coach?  If he was specifically tied to a University perhaps, but it seemed like he was coaching a minor league team from the dialogue, which I think could have more flexibility.

Belle/MM are bland, but it was a better bland performance than usual lol

Paul's excuse just doesn't make any sense to me. My cousin is a coach and he moves around. His wife got relocated due to her job and he got a coaching job where she was relocated to.

During MM scenes I kept thinking who could replace her in the role.

10 minutes ago, j swift said:

To be fair, coaching is apparently so demanding that Paul had to leave Marlena's funeral early in order to get back to his team (that plays baseball in January?)

I thought the same but I remember what Will said that a lot of family showed up. We never saw the funeral so we don't know who supposedly showed up. But if Paul had gone to the funeral why was he giving his dad condolences for Marlena's death? Tells me he didn't bother to show up.

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2 minutes ago, Soapsuds said:

Paul's excuse just doesn't make any sense to me. My cousin is a coach and he moves around. His wife got relocated due to her job and he got a coaching job where she was relocated to.

During MM scenes I kept thinking who could replace her in the role.

Charity Rahmer?  😂  Any other blonde that's 40 in Hollywood?  My hate for MM's Belle and Belle in general knows no bounds, but I did like her today and with Brady the other day.

6 minutes ago, John said:

Oh I missed that

I think the subtitle actually had the ........ too🤣

9 minutes ago, j swift said:

To be fair, minor league coaching is apparently so demanding that Paul had to leave Marlena's funeral early in order to get back to his team (that plays baseball in February?)

My brother is a football/sports trainer for a big University and he has a contract and does work with other athletes as a trainer in other sports, so if they explained it more in that vein it would make sense.  It sounds like he's coaching the San Jose AAA Flyers in winter on this though.  

Paul specifically mentioned that he was at the funeral, he was just checking in to see how John was doing currently

Also, realistically, wouldn't Paul seem like a bit of psycho if he moved to DC to start a relationship with a guy that was a casual hookup while on a vacation adventure? 

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1 minute ago, j swift said:

Paul specifically mentioned that he was at the funeral, he was just checking in to see how John was doing currently

Also, realistically, wouldn't Paul seem like a bit of psycho if he moved to DC to start a relationship with a guy that was a casual hookup while on a vacation adventure?

Yes, he actually would be a psycho to do that lol.  But...it's a little rash to call the whole romance off without giving it a try because of distance when it seems like Paul's situation might be a little more adaptable or fluid than Andrew's.

7 minutes ago, carolineg said:

Charity Rahmer?  😂  Any other blonde that's 40 in Hollywood?  My hate for MM's Belle and Belle in general knows no bounds, but I did like her today and with Brady the other day.

I thought of....

 

3 minutes ago, carolineg said:

Yes, he actually would be a psycho to do that lol.  But...it's a little rash to call the whole romance off without giving it a try because of distance when it seems like Paul's situation might be a little more adaptable or fluid than Andrew's.

Well I'm a psycho because if a guy like Andrew came my way I'd move to DC!😂

Edited March 18, 20232 yr by Soapsuds

🔼Is that Terri Conn?  Isn't she busy selling Tupperware on home shopping?

 

I mean it's not Salem where they only allow a maximum of four gay men to live in town at the same time.  Paul lives in San Fransisco and Andrew in DC where there are tons of options that are more geographically desirable. 

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5 minutes ago, j swift said:

🔼Is that Terri Conn?  Isn't she busy selling Tupperware on home shopping?

 

 

Yes😂

 

Terri Conn?  MM at least looks like a non plastic human.  Plus, I would have endure an inevitable pairing of her and Austin... 

5 hours ago, carolineg said:

Yeah, Colton looked fine to me and I watched after I read that comment so I was looking for any awkward angles or weird moles.   To each their own though lol.   Everyone has different tastes.

The episode was good aside from Kayla/Marlena talking over credits.  I even liked the Belle/Shawn stuff and I think I have complimented Belle twice this week which is more than I have since she was born 🤣

Anyway, did any else find Peter Reckell's acting weird/not good?  I have always thought he was a decent actor and charismatic as hell, but his choices today were odd.  I am sure he is brainwashed or something, but I found him distractingly bad today.  And, well, Hope being selfish is actually par for the course so I am not shocked about that. 

Re Peter, a friend texted me and wanted to know why he was acting like the court jester, lol.  He was a bit off but hoping he was just trying to portray that Bo isn't totally himself.

Edited March 18, 20232 yr by jam6242

10 hours ago, carolineg said:

Yeah, Colton looked fine to me and I watched after I read that comment so I was looking for any awkward angles or weird moles.   To each their own though lol.   Everyone has different tastes.

Some people have weird hang-ups I guess - it's like when someone doesn't have Hollywood perfect pearly whites there's always a bunch of people freaking out 🤷‍♂️