50 minutes ago, Khan said:

I love that you called him "Steve Burton" and not "Harris," because, let's face it, Burton isn't strong enough as an actor to play anything other than a version of himself, lol.

And it totally sucks that they didn't devote the entire episode to Marlena and John.

I momentarily blanked on Harris's name and almost wrote Jason lol.  So I just went with Steve Burton was "acting" in this segment.  Full disclosure, I actually don't think SBu is that bad at the acting.

49 minutes ago, Noel said:

Well, she did happen to catch some intrigue when Chanel entered the bar. Ah! Colin is his name. Why Colin? It's not the same Colin from like 10 years ago, is it?

No.  Colin was around about 20 years ago and romanced Jennifer (among a bunch of other ladies).  He could be this Colin's dad.

23 minutes ago, AbcNbc247 said:

 

Thanks for this!  Sweet tributes for such a big achievement.  It feels so poignant and special after losing so many daytime legends this year.

3 minutes ago, carolineg said:

Thanks for this!  Sweet tributes for such a big achievement.  It feels so poignant and special after losing so many daytime legends this year.

You're welcome! There's a lot more tributes on the Twitter account that I didn't post here.

2 hours ago, j swift said:

The math isn't mathing on this whole 5,000-client thing.

An average insurance plan allows each client 25 psychiatrist sessions per year.  That would be 125,000 client hours.  Most clinics only will enable you to bill 30 hours per week because doctors need time to attend meetings and other administrative duties.  So, seeing that many clients would take 4,167 weeks or 80 years.  Even if she only saw each client ten times, it would still take 32 years to complete.  Given Marlena's PTO for kidnappings, demonic possessions, comas, and travel, it doesn't seem possible that she's seen 5,000 clients. 

Correcting my earlier math, John specified that he was including Marlena's talk-show callers as clients.  However, given that short amount of time that the radio show was on the air (not counting her time in the pit), she would still have needed to work every week for over 50 years to see 5,000 clients, and we know that wasn't the case.

Also, if I were Marlena, I would highlight Micky, rather than Ben, as most her successful case.  Time will tell if Ben ever gets the urge to strangle again. But, Micky recovered well, raised two daughters, and never needed therapy again.

7 minutes ago, j swift said:

Correcting my earlier math, John specified that he was including Marlena's talk-show callers as clients.  However, given that short amount of time that the radio show was on the air (not counting her time in the pit), she would still have needed to work every week for over 50 years to see 5,000 clients, and we know that wasn't the case.

Also, if I were Marlena, I would highlight Micky, rather than Ben, as most her successful case.  Time will tell if Ben ever gets the urge to strangle again. But, Micky recovered well, raised two daughters, and never needed therapy again.

I mean, Marlena kept correcting John's math and was clear she hadn't seen that many patients.  So it's not really up for debate because she kept saying that wasn't how many patients she has actually treated.  It was an awkward excuse to pay tribute to Deidre's 5000th episode, but it wasn't made to be taken seriously.  I am not trying to be argumentative, but the show was not making it out to be an accurate assessment at all.  Just John boasting about how awesome his wife is.

Perhaps it SHOULD have been about her 5000th pantsuit instead, lol.

6 minutes ago, carolineg said:

It was an awkward excuse to pay tribute to Deidre's 5000th episode, but it wasn't made to be taken seriously.  I am not trying to be argumentative, but the show was not making it out to be an accurate assessment at all.  Just John boasting about how awesome his wife is.

Totally agree; they had to find something that reflected the number 5,000 😉

Do we also agree that the production model stood out in today's episode?  Marlena's never shied away from eating in the same place as her clients.  Some of them have come over for the holidays.  But the Alex scenes were shot on another day, so they couldn't be on the same set.

Also, I didn't get the logic of Maggie talking to Roman rather than attending the business meeting.  I guess Alex will save his job when Stephanie tells Maggie what happened.  But, there's no other reason that she wouldn't have been there.

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2 minutes ago, Khan said:

Perhaps it SHOULD have been about her 5000th pantsuit instead, lol.

TRUTH.  There was a lot of clunkiness with the reason like I said, but it's not like Kayla had a banner ready saying "Thanks for serving 5000 patients, DOC!" lol.

 

1 minute ago, j swift said:

Totally agree, they had to find something that reflected the number 5,000 😉

Do we also agree that the production model really stood out in today's episode?  Marlena's never shied away from eating in the same place as her clients.  In fact, some of them have come over for the holidays.  But, obviously, the Alex scenes were shot on another day. 

Marlena has never cared about eating as the same place as her clients, especially one so open about his therapy like Alex.  That was a weird line.  There are so many examples of Marlena not caring at all about being close with her clients.  A lot were related to her.

1 hour ago, carolineg said:

No.  Colin was around about 20 years ago and romanced Jennifer (among a bunch of other ladies).  He could be this Colin's dad.

Thanks! This show has been so speedy lately that it's difficult to keep up with what's going on.

I'm so glad Jada is finally calling out that nasty sh*thole motel room. I've been expressing this for several months now. But, it feels good to hear a fictional character say it, lol!

The meeting scene with Stephanie, Alex, and Mr. #MeToo Man is really stupid. 

28 minutes ago, Khan said:

Perhaps it SHOULD have been about her 5000th pantsuit instead, lol.

They could've easily celebrated Sloan Peterson name said 5,000 times.😂

13 minutes ago, Noel said:

The meeting scene with Stephanie, Alex, and Mr. #MeToo Man is really stupid. 

This is one of those good idea/lousy execution issues for me.

I'm happy that someone pointed out Maggie's lack of experience running a multinational company that manages everything from shipping to medical research and technology. Still, the context and performance were subpar (at least the guest star provided his own wardrobe).

As I mentioned, it seems evident that Alex will be hesitant to tell Maggie about the client's attitude toward her.  Stephanie will step in and save his job. Thus extending the Stephanie/Alex/Chad triangle.

56 minutes ago, Noel said:

Thanks! This show has been so speedy lately that it's difficult to keep up with what's going on.

I'm so glad Jada is finally calling out that nasty sh*thole motel room. I've been expressing this for several months now. But, it feels good to hear a fictional character say it, lol!

The meeting scene with Stephanie, Alex, and Mr. #MeToo Man is really stupid. 

I honestly only know this as a current fact because I read through some 2002 recaps to figure out how Nicole originally lost her uterus and Colin Murphy was all over those.

@JAS0N47 Has Deidre Hall been in more episodes than Bill or Susan Hayes (or Suzanne Rogers)?   

Going gray was the best decision Drake Hogestyn ever made.  #silverfox #moveoverdoc

1 hour ago, Khan said:

Going gray was the best decision Drake Hogestyn ever made.  #silverfox #moveoverdoc

I couldn't agree more.  Drake's entire Days career has been filled with questionable hair decisions, but he finally got it right by going grey.   I will never forget the 80's mullet well into the 2000's, but I will forgive him now.