I just can't believe how much this soap-within-a-soap thing is eating up the show.

4 hours ago, ranger1rg said:

I just can't believe how much this soap-within-a-soap thing is eating up the show.

So, as I was watching today's show, I found myself thinking maybe I could skip these episodes. Uh-oh. A lot of boring goes a long way. And, since I was VERY bored, I was overly critical, I suspect. I thought Kristen not letting Brady have a visit with Rachel because he drives a gray car crazy. At any given point hordes of people have the same color car. 

Fiona's schtick is going to be saying what she did out loud over & over so someone WILL over hear it!!! That trope & Fiona are locked in combat. 

I'm trying to come up with a rose. I guess Sarah. And, ba dumbah, once again my thorn goes to whoever wrote this mess.

I love the Chad/Julie relationship. Their scenes today were some of the best. They really do work well together, though I’ll never understand why Chad left “Abigail” at the Dimera mansion.

EJ being a petty bitch was unnecessary though. If there had been a reason why he told “Abigail” about her past, I’d understand, but there wasn’t. I was hoping that Chad would’ve knocked him out. The writers really need to make a decision with his character and what he’s supposed to be instead of flip-flopping between tragic hero and villain and petty bitch. 

And I like that Gabi is not immediately going to forgive Stefan. That makes perfect sense considering her character lol I’m curious as to where they’re going to go from here. There’s a lot that can be done with them. 

Btw, wtf was that conversation between Roman and Ava today? 

So, I assume we're headed toward an EJ/F-Abby/Chad triangle.  I mean, there are too few women left to pair with EJ, and f-Abby will have an easier time with EJ than Chad to get the same reward.  It is just too absurd that having just sent Theresa off to prison, everyone isn't a bit more apprehensive.  📐

The rules around ghost-Li are unclear.  I thought he was Connie's hallucination.  But, when he disagreed with her about Melinda, it made it seem as if he was his own sentient ghost.  👻

I guess Roman's a “girl-dad” after his experiences with Carrie and Sami, so Ava and Stephanie just feel comfortable confessing to him.  Or, he's such a mumble mouth, they assume nobody would understand him if he broke their confidence.  😉

On Monday, wasn't Ava rushing off to see Melinda? 

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I must be dumb because i have no clue what this show is about? The hourglass is cool.

What a great opening scene 😍😂😂

And welcome back, Dr. Mark! We’ve missed you 😊😊😂

Too had it looks like he’s gonna get ruined. @j swift I guess you were right about the DNA test. 

I’m all for Sophia trying to seduce Tate and Tate having a reaction to it. 😂 This could finally be some good conflict for Tate and Holly. Hopefully, she doesn’t immediately believe him after he explains everything to her. Or at least continues to be suspicious. She can confide everything in Sarah lol I really liked their scene today and I hope they continue to show the relationship between the two of them. And all of Holly’s suspicions and also finding out that she’s partially to blame for Sarah’s accident, can finally push Tate into Sophia’s arms. I still wish that we knew more about Sophia’s character though.

As for Chad, he seemed a little stupid today. I really hope that this doesn’t become the norm for this storyline. Btw, is anybody questioning why “Abigail” has a phone, if she’s been in captivity for two years?

I do wonder how Dr Mark is involved

I wish I cared more about Sophia. I just see RC writing another OLTL's  Stacy Morasco . Sophia is only about sex. I need Sophia to be more interesting. 

2 hours ago, AbcNbc247 said:

As for Chad, he seemed a little stupid today. I really hope that this doesn’t become the norm for this storyline. Btw, is anybody questioning why “Abigail” has a phone, if she’s been in captivity for two years?

I haven't watched the today's show yet, but I had the same thought about the phone the other day.  Even if someone gave it to her like Clyde wouldn't everybody be looking at the phone for evidence?   Track down these "nurses"? Instead of blindly believing a DNA test done by Kayla it's making everyone look dumb by not asking more questions.  Especially people who are actual reporters and newspaper owners lol.

45 minutes ago, carolineg said:

I haven't watched the today's show yet, but I had the same thought about the phone the other day.  Even if someone gave it to her like Clyde wouldn't everybody be looking at the phone for evidence?   Track down these "nurses"? Instead of blindly believing a DNA test done by Kayla it's making everyone look dumb by not asking more questions.  Especially people who are actual reporters and newspaper owners lol.

Also have not watched today. I don't know if the characters are suspicious about the phone BUT I AM. 

Okay.  Watched the episode.  

Well, hello Tate!  Lol.  I really like Sophia, but she needs a little more depth to be a viable obstacle.  She's pretty one note.  

I see ALM shares Marci Miller's love of ugly maxi dresses for Abby. lol.  I suppose it's possible Chad or Jack gave her a phone.  

After watching Curtis on GH acting like his entire life was over because he was paralyzed, it's nice to see Sarah have a positive attitude.  She's still sad and upset, but can joke and smile.  She's actively thinking about the adjustments she needs to make.  It's a refreshing attitude.

Why can't Brady find his car?  It's been like a day and he just hasn't looked for lol.  The obvious assumption would be that it got towed so it should be easy to track down.  It's also kind of rude for Maggie to just expect Fiona to watch Victoria without calling first. 

Overall a good episode.

1 hour ago, carolineg said:

Okay.  Watched the episode.  

Well, hello Tate!  Lol.  I really like Sophia, but she needs a little more depth to be a viable obstacle.  She's pretty one note.  

I didn’t have any problem with her scenes but they rushed it. This all should have happened a little while later.

They really should have had Sophia visit Tate a lot during the summer, while Holly was working. In the process, we could have learned why Sophia is doing all this, that why her anger towards Holly would have been more understandable.

2 hours ago, John said:

I do wonder how Dr Mark is involved.

I’m really worried that he’s gonna be ruined.

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8 minutes ago, AbcNbc247 said:

I’m really worried that he’s gonna be ruined.

As I noted in the RonC termination thread, I'm concerned that the Greene family isn't going to survive the new regime.  And I feel like we could use some new blood in Salem.

2 minutes ago, j swift said:

As I noted in the RonC termination thread, I'm concerned that the Greene family isn't going to survive the new regime.  And I feel like we could use some new blood in Salem.

Which sucks because they have a lot of potential, especially Mark 

Spoiler

If he turns out to be gay or bi. It would have been nice to see a gay character written by someone other than Ron.

 

26 minutes ago, AbcNbc247 said:

I didn’t have any problem with her scenes but they rushed it. This all should have happened a little while later.

They really should have had Sophia visit Tate a lot during the summer, while Holly was working. In the process, we could have learned why Sophia is doing all this, that why her anger towards Holly would have been more understandable.

Yeah that would have helped.

I probably would have kept Sophia as a friend to Tate/Holly to their faces while she secretly sabotaged their relationship.  Since Tate/Holly already know her game it's not as dramatic.  I assume there will be some sort of drunken Tate/Sophia hookup and pregnancy or something like that.  

22 hours ago, j swift said:

The rules around ghost-Li are unclear.  I thought he was Connie's hallucination.  But, when he disagreed with her about Melinda, it made it seem as if he was his own sentient ghost.  👻

I took ghost-Li's disagreement re Melinda as an attempt to give a little more dimension to Connie's character, ie, there's some small part of her that's sane. When ghost-Li tells Connie not to kill Melinda, "sane Connie"--however small that part of her is--is being given voice. However, if that's actually what they were going for, that minimal "helping" of "sanity" doesn't help anything IMHO: Connie is still a major mess.