DAYS: June 2024 Discussion Thread

[j swift]

To me, the question has always been why does Marlena see private practice clients in the hospital.  I mean, rent an office already.

[Soapsuds]

Oh God! The Leo stuff with his mother was just awful.

From Leo babbling on to his mom's hysteria to more Leo talking about some lousy talent show.

Will and Sonny are back in Arizona? When and Why?

Was the SW clueless to their whereabouts?

[AbcNbc247]

Yep… still not drinking the Leo Kool-Aid.

But after today, it’s pretty obvious that Mark is lying, even though I’m still liking the character lol let’s just hope that if they do this storyline, another female character isn’t humiliated or made to look like an idiot. Or we don’t get another bi character who’s written as the worst person in the world. 

I felt really bad for Johnny and Chanel today. I expected this to happen though and it opens up the possibility for them to have a lot conflicts in the future, which I hope they do. There’s so much that they could do with this couple instead of just saddling them with a baby. I thought Raven Bowens did really well today too. Carson, on the other hand, really needs work on his angry/devastated facial expression

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[MissPhoenixGirl92]

I'm not surprised that Johnny and Chanel lost the baby. I knew that it was coming and I really don't think Ron is capable of doing that kind of story justice anyway. And they really shouldn't have been saddled with a baby anyway, so as sad and tragic as it is, this is a major relief. 

But with Johnny and Chanel no longer having a baby, what's even the purpose of Felicity now? Or is she just going to be a token character used as a prop for other people's stories. (Oh who am I kidding? Of course she is!) 

The less I say about Theresa the better. The evil irredeemable sociopath needs to be off my screen soon. 

Edited June 26, 2024 by MissPhoenixGirl92

[TEdgeofNight]

Greg Rikaart certainly has his Emmy Reel for next year. Great, sensitive acting by Greg. I love Leo and very obviously the audience responds to him or else they wouldn’t keep writing for him. 

[ranger1rg]

That Leo stuff was horrific -- scene after scene of scenery chewing from both of them. Worst of all, none of it achieved its goal of "redeeming" Leo, allowing us to see inside his soul, and realizing why he is the way he is.

Now Leo tells Dr. Marlena his mother called him a degenerate? That word hasn't been used since Tennessee Williams' Streetcar Named Desire.  And if that really bothered Leo, then the character we've seen all these years makes no sense.

 

-- So Leo goes from practically crying about his mother to Dr. Marlena to geeking out over hot and hunky Dr. Mark. If this is Kool-Aid, it's so watered down it's pathetic. This is not a changed Leo, it's not an introspective Leo.

-- I like the Mark character, too, although it was an eye-roller to see him hugging a distraught Leo. Ridiculous.

-- I shouldn't admit that I didn't feel much when Chanel lost her baby. Maybe I was too busy noticing that while she was in severe pain, Dr. Mark just stood there, and then just stared at the ultrasound. Hilarious.

That was before he pulled out Wikipedia to announce "One in four pregnancies ends in miscarriages." Jesus, this show.

--Finally, are we to completely forget that Judi Evans EVER played Bonnie? Because Bonnie has disappeared and Adrienne is all that's left.

Edited June 26, 2024 by ranger1rg

[AbcNbc247]

It was a lot like when Sloan miscarried her and Eric’s baby. It was like they were just trying to get the scene over with, without trying to inject more drama into it. I don’t get it. 

Plus, according to spoilers 

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As for Leo, him geeking out over Mark after everything that just happened is another example of why people don’t like him. There’s no continuous flow with this character’s feelings, emotions, etc. and there hasn’t been for a very long time. 

Edited June 26, 2024 by AbcNbc247

[j swift]

I'll give Leo this one point.  In the scenes with Alex last week, when he was writing the speech to say to his mother, I thought there was more restraint, and there was a genuinely friendly rapport between the two. The idea of multiple shirtless men trying to drink Leo's water was mildly amusing.  And I liked the idea of these two libidinal driven guys using each other as a sounding board.  I would argue that the writing for non-romantic partners on DAYS is something I actually look forward to.

Furthermore, I would argue if they just allowed Leo and Diana to have one long scene together, rather than 18 1-minutes scene-lets, it would have been more impactful.  I think short scenes are unnecessary on streaming, because as a viewer, I don't channel surf between shows when I'm bored like I would if it was on a broadcast network.  So I don't need tidbits to keep me engaged.  And it seems unnecessarily difficult to maintain the energy it takes to convey tension over several short scenes, so they often come off as more contrived.

Edited June 26, 2024 by j swift

[Khan]

Once upon a time, there was a chance to tell a story that, in effect, would explain Leo to the audience, but they blew that chance for some ridiculous Diana Colville return that went absolutely nowhere.

[j swift]

I believe there's still an opportunity for John to talk to Leo about how Diana's mom was horrible and allow him to understand the generational patterns that have been replicated.  I hope that they'll explore that after the whole Clyde/Steve, prison-break, Greece trip fiasco is over.

BTW the Alex crossovers are remarkable.  Besides the fact that Ben and Alex look alike, and he shares a similar name to Xander, we also have the same actress playing his Mother and Leo's Mom.  The possibilities seem too tantalizing for RonC to avoid (even if Anjelica died before our eyes on screen).

Edited June 26, 2024 by j swift

[Soapsuds]

Are they repeating the same story where Leo breaks up a straight couple or gay one?

Carson Boatman can't act!!!

Btw @AbcNbc247 

I recently posted the Pride interview with Adam Huss and Greg Rikaart on the closeted gay thread.

Greg said he would never be friends with someone like Leo but he defended him/actions on the show.

He can't have it both ways.

Adam Huss discussed Leo too.

It's around the 57:00 mark.

Oh and Loved seeing Mark in today's episode.

Edited June 27, 2024 by Soapsuds

[TEdgeofNight]

I am all IN for Leo & Mark! Can’t wait to see what’s next for them. I love them already. 

[AbcNbc247]

I knew we weren’t gonna get any follow up with Johnny/Chanel/Paulina today, but still wtf? How do you just not include them in the next episode after something so tragic happens to them? They did the same thing with Eric/Sloan after Sloan miscarried. I don’t get it. 

Still, today’s episode was better than the garbage episode that we got after Sloan miscarried. 

But I gotta say that Theresa is a total idiot though. When you’re trying to get rid of something, you don’t leave it in the house so that anybody can find it. That was pretty bad, I thought she was smarter than that. 

As opposed to Alex, who’s just dumb lol I liked his scene with Brady though. Brady being so anti-Theresa today despite him just sleeping with her is actually a pretty good character dynamic that I think could play into future storyline. 

The Eric/Roman scene was good too. I like how Roman used his own past in order to comfort Eric. But I hope Eric isn’t leaving too. 

As for Stefan, he was just annoying and stupid today. Days really doesn’t know to what to do with this character. I’m interested in seeing how his scenes with NuGabi will be like tomorrow though. 

Thanks for the heads up!

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I’ll check it out soon!

[Soapsuds]

You know the episode is not good when you keep checking how many minutes are left till it finishes. Zzzzzzzzzz

Edited June 27, 2024 by Soapsuds

[Khan]

"Carson Boatman still can't act" should be DAYS' answer to "Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead".

Edited June 27, 2024 by Khan