DAYS: August 2024 Discussion Thread

[Soapsuds]

Seems like this episode should be skipped/avoided.

Jamey shouldn't be in any writing team.

It is ridiculous if he gets hired for the new soap. His track record sucks!!

[Soapsuds]

Today's episode was garbage!

AVOID!!!

[Antoyne]

So I’m on last week, I’ve been zooming through to get caught up. Is Brady off the wagon now because of what Theresa did? Seems like an extreme reaction. 
 

The Devereauxs still trusting Kayla to handle anything medical for them is hilarious.

Body and Soul plus Connie running around town is way too much camp for one show. 
 

I’ve been enjoying Xander’s mom.

There’s something entertaining about Jack who himself has died and come back several times, now having to worry about his daughter who also has come back from the dead before. This show has made death so meaningless.

How does Leo not know who Hattie is?

Edited August 20, 2024 by Antoyne

[carolineg]

Again, this feels like an episode making fun of us fans.  What if Phillip was born in 1995 and was a teen in 1999?  Lol.  Who would buy that?  Ugh....

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The only "joke" I liked today was Leo reading Kim's book.  It obviously went too far, because of course, but it could have been a subtle nod to history.

I actually do like the idea of a lot of people in town working on the soap.  It can make for drama and connects people that aren't usually connected. 

 

[Liberty City]

It's essentially proving everything being smack-talk daytime for is what they're writing for this. It's bad.

[carolineg]

Honestly, the jokes are what make it so awful.  If they treated seriously it wouldn't be that bad.  Yes, it's ridiculous that half the town is going to be acting in this, but it really does bring characters together that don't usually interact at all.

I would prefer more people working at the paper, but Xander sold it back to Jack and I guess that's a wrap for it?  Lol.  Eric and Nicole are gone, Everett is dead, Xander gave it to Jack, and I am unclear if Leo and Stephanie still work there.  So that leaves Chad.  

It's weird how they built the Spectator up as the place people worked at and now have abandoned it for a soap.  I suspect this Body & Soul stuff won't last past Ron.

[Contessa Donatella]

But that is May! Can we possibly stand it that long?!

[Liberty City]

It's all plot-driven bullshït because the "writer" didn't do anything during those strike months to try and think of new ideas. His exit is making more clear sense now.

[carolineg]

Yup.

On another note, is Blake Berris just gone now?  We spent all that time with his DID and we never even learned what trauma caused it?  It's just over.  He's dead.  We don't need to explain the story anymore lol.

[Liberty City]

Yup. As far as we know, he's gone.

[Contessa Donatella]

BobEv's end, tsk tsk, a crying shame! At least Melinda bore a pretty bad debt from evil doings! 

[j swift]

I appreciate this take because I agree that there is something intriguing about grouping a small cast into a singular workplace for interactions.  It provides some conflict for Johnny and Chanel that doesn't involve a baby.  And there is an opportunity to see characters share scenes that have rarely interacted in the past.  We have no idea what Titan and DI do, so this is a much more understandable setting, and it feels like a low-cost approach to establish new motives. 

But, it elevates the most obnoxious voices on social media.  RonC seems tortured by the responses to his writing, and it makes it feel as if he is chronically online like a teenager being bullied in high school.  There was pre-existing conjecture about his animosity toward fans, and these "jokes" do nothing to advance sympathy for his reaction. 

[j swift]

Well, if Melinda survives

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then she knows the means by which Everett died and that he did not attack Rafe, so there will be some justice for Bobby. 

[carolineg]

 

I am not sad Bobby/Everett are gone, nor do I really care about the ending.  During the entire episode Jada/Stephanie were watching him die the show could have just wrapped it up.  Just finish the story.  It's so lazy to just kill him off without any conclusion.  That's more annoying to me than not knowing.

I really don't mind the premise.  Like you said, it's much easier to understand than what Dimera Enterprises does.  

I don't even mind a few jokes.  It's the entire story that feels like a mockery of the soap industry and the fans.  It's so strange Ron would even want to go there.  Does he hate his job?  Did he want to get fired?

[Antoyne]

I finally saw those episodes of Everett’s death last week. I couldn’t believe Jaida and Stephanie sat there being hysterical for an hour instead of ya know trying to save his life.

I like the twist of Xander’s mom hitting Sarah, but man is Sarah ever happy and healthy for more than 5 minutes before there’s another crisis.