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I know it definitely happens in real life and I wouldn't even mind if that's what Days was going for.  Unfortunately I don't think it is at all.  It appears Days is trying to sell this as love or at least the beginnings of a great relationship.  

I haven't read spoilers lately, but if Javi turns out to be the new Lady Whistleblower it might make this story more intriguing.

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Jay Kenneth Johnson doesn't seem to have the stamina to do longterm acting these days, it's sad, but it is what it is.  JKJ came back for the Last Blast webisode series and for other arcs, but ...

I would guess that Ron might have requested John-Paul Lavoisier due to knowing him from OLTL? or maybe JPL reached out to Ron? Whatever. JPL just doesn't fit as Philip Kiriakis.

What about Jacob Young?  It seems like Jacob Young doesn't want to work longterm contract on soaps. From his social media, he seems interested in a variety of things, including directing.

Just saying, from having watched his arrogant JR Chandler on AMC -- It seems to me like he'd fit as Philip Kiriakis, if he still has the acting talent he had years ago.
At this point perhaps he'd fit better for Philip arcs, if he doesn't want to do a contract.

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I've mentioned how I struggle with some of JPL's over the top acing choices, but at the end of the day, I find myself on Philip's side in all of this. I figure RC is going to screw it up at some point and take Philip too far or make him a complete loser, but for now I'm really enjoy him shaking things up.

It's actually crazy how legitimately entertaining, bar the general problems the show has, the show is when Leo and B&S are nowhere to be found. It's also unfortunate that no matter the HW change, we're still going to be stuck with the show's awful background music. 

Superficially, I've really been enjoying the shameless showing off of the beautiful men on this show. Almost makes me nostalgic.

Sorry, but I hated the pizza reference. I pray those meta in-jokes die with RC's exit. 

Maggie looked gorgeous today. And surprisingly, Kayla looked great, too, considering she's had some of the worst outfits to ever be worn unironically on this show. Still hate all RSW's ugly shirts though. He has so many of them. Much better when he goes without.

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Are we to assume that the other side of the table was pushed up against the fourth wall? Or maybe they were leaving space for the lyrics of Defying Gravity (

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Kind of odd not to have Roman at Thanksgiving. 

And are Tripp and Joey together?  Where's Wendy.

I thought the leg joke was tackier than the pizza joke, but the tone for both was off.

Also, while I try to avoid mentioning the looks of women of a certain age, Bonnie's facelift has settled nicely, but whatever Kayla has done, she looks the best.

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Joey took a trip to visit Wendy and Tripp in Hong Kong.

Roman was still feeling ill after his poisoned cupcake and was resting upstairs.

They mentioned both things in the episode.

The pizza joke makes sense because it's referencing the Q Thanksgivings for Wally/Ned.  It was "wink, wink" but wasn't as obnoxious as usual.

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I appreciate the reach to make this Leo/Javi "relationship" a thing, but I can't agree with it. There's nothing invigorating about it for me, and I'm noT interested in the story that gets those two back together.

 

 

I have to agree that RSW and JPL are both hot. Yeah, I know that this place bashes both of them, but I like them on my screen. Call me shallow.

Neither one of them is a thespian, but this is DAYS, not Masterpiece Theater.

I've been a fan of JPL's looks since OLTL, and although I realize his portrayal of Philip is problematic to many, I enjoy it. JKJ didn't work at all in his last stint, so I have no problem with JPL changing it up.

 

THIS isn't good looking?

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Thanks, I got the Roman and the pizza references, but I missed that Joey went to Hong Kong.  It just felt odd to have Roman absent from the episode.

I wonder what Tripp does in Hong Kong?  Medical licenses are rarely transferable internationally.

Also, add me to the “JPL is cute” voters list.  He makes sense as his mother's son, and I get the appeal. I saw him hiking Runyon Canyon, and he is surprisingly tall and slender.

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