DAYS: December 2024 Discussion Thread

[j swift]

Can we also note that other than RSW, (who looks like a 40-year-old narc at a rock concert), JPL has the oddest backstage style?  They're both handsome men, but they need a closet refresh.

Edited December 18, 2024 by j swift

[Contessa Donatella]

I guess this is your way of saying you don't have any appreciation for any of the directors at DAYS. Scott McKinsey, Beverlee's son, an Emmy winner, is one of the members of the directing team & I believe him to be a good director. David Shaughnessy is another good director at DAYS. (brother of Charles [Shane], father of Amy, husband of Anne Schotte.)

[Michael]

The directors don't really direct performances anymore, though. They handle blocking and guide camera moves and make sure coverage is handled. There's no time to direct performances.

[AbcNbc247]

Not much happened today but there was some pretty good acting, especially between Gabi/JJ and Jack/Jennifer/Chad. I like the way that they’re building up the Gabi/JJ reunion. In some ways, it almost feels like another classic soap dilemma. And I did sort of like Jennifer’s plan for the time capsule, even though part of me is worried that this is actually just another classic Ron, “f*ck you” to the fans. I wonder what the strike writers were planning when they first came up with the idea of the time capsule.  

And, welcome back Mark! We’ve missed you!

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I really enjoyed the Greene family reunion. As much I disliked this Clyde crap, I do like the four of them as characters and the relationships that they have with each other. They’re believable as siblings.

And yeah, EJ is the worst DA ever. I can’t believe it took this long for someone to tell him that Mark can’t be charged in Salem for a crime that took place in Paris. But I was glad to see Belle in lawyer mode again. She wiped the floor with him, even though we really should have seen Tate asking her to help out the Greenes. To me, it just shows that Belle belongs on the canvas. 

I’m looking forward to the EJelle reunion though and where they’re gonna go from here, especially since 

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If their storyline ends up being tied to other storylines and characters, like Shawn or Gabi and JJ, it could be a pretty good mess for everyone involved.

Btw, I thought it was hilarious when EJ was boasting to Mark about how you don’t cross the Dimera’s, yet Clyde is still alive. 

Edited December 18, 2024 by AbcNbc247

[Contessa Donatella]

I'm sure to some degree that this is true. I know that at GH they move at a pace that's been described as fast & furious. And, given how many episodes DAYS tapes in a week, the same has to be true of them. The last time Scott mentioned anything that was directing an actor was when he got Eric to make a jab instead of a roundhouse punch. So, a few years ago. I think it's the wrong thing to do, going so fast there's no time for acting & emoting & interpreting a scene. 

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[Contessa Donatella]

I've been doing pretty well trying to ignore the presence of Melissa Reeves until today when that was busted wide open. So, today, for me, was not a good days, not at all. Far too much of her. It is what it is. 

Now, this part of the show, I really could get into. Once again, I'm glad that Belle Black is back & roaring to go! And, I think it will be helpful for her to be in town when the inevitable happens with John Black.

And, yes, finally someone brought up there being no such thing as Salem having jurisdiction over something that happened in Paris, France. It was about dam*ed time. 

 

[John]

How is Mark still have to do 18 months if Salem has no jursidiction?

[Contessa Donatella]

I thought he'd done other things, local to Salem & well before the attempted murder in France. 

 

[janea4old]

Is Jamey claiming breakdown credit for today's episode?
He sometimes tweets that he wrote the breakdown for an episode, but this time he's just saying to watch.

 

[j swift]

I enjoyed the Roman and Shawn scene for the dialogue, but I still don't feel like this Roman is Shawn's uncle.  Beyond the marble mouth delivery, it just felt as if they had no shared history. I don't fault the actors, but IIRC Shawn usually went to his mother for advice, not Roman.

I mean, who's going to say that Shawn and Belle have broken up and remarried so often, that it's not a surprise that they divorced (again).  They've only been married this time for a couple of years.  It is hardly a big deal for anyone else in Salem.

Also, I enjoyed the line read when the judge asked Shawn how Philip could be his uncle, and Shawn just treated it like it was natural, since they grew up together.

Edited December 18, 2024 by j swift

[AbcNbc247]

I don’t think so.

Today didn’t feel like a Jamey episode at all.

It does happen sometimes

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Even in my own family. 

[j swift]

I think Jamey is just promoting his new profile pic

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[j swift]

OK, I'm a little lost.

JJ lives in Johannesburg with Claire?  I guess I got him mixed up with Joey, but I thought he lived in Portland (or Seattle?). 

Why do they live there, and what business do they manage?  Is it the medical supply business from the novels about Salem?

I know it's mean, but if Cat used to look like Aaron, I'd say the plastic surgery was a glowup.

At least we know who's been taking care of Aaron and Felicity (a trusty under-five player).  Although, it's funny that Cat never thought to ask in the weeks that she's been back from Paris.

And, good to know DNA tampering isn't a crime in Salem.

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  Everyone from Sami to Caroline Brady's corpse is breathing a sigh of relief.  It left me wondering if anyone in the history of DOOL has ever been prosecuted for DNA or baby switching?

 

Edited December 18, 2024 by j swift

[carolineg]

J.J. has had a business with Theo in South Africa for awhile now.  I can't recall what the business is, but Claire joined them when she reunited with Theo. 

[AbcNbc247]

Congratulations Tate and Sophia, even though I think it’s too soon to bring a baby into this storyline.

There are a lot of holes in all this. Correct me if I’m wrong but I don’t think I am lol but wouldn’t Tate and Sophia have known if the condom broke? And, wouldn’t they also have known if Tate had done the, uh, thing, that actually makes the baby?

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Hopefully, we get some answers tomorrow. Maybe Sophia is lying. Or maybe it’ll turn out that Aaron is the father. It did seem like he had more to say to Tate today. And maybe Aaron and Sophia did a lot more than just watch B&S together

But if Tate does turn out to be the father, personally I don’t think it’s right to give John a great grandchild and have him not be here to enjoy it. If anything, they should’ve waited until after John dies.

Julie’s scenes with JJ started off a little lousy but they improved over the course of the episode. I wouldn’t mind him also being weaved in to the necklace/Doug the III storyline. Plus, Susan Seaforth Hayes does work really well with him, and with the younger actors, in general. 

But Holly’s scenes with Leo today

In what universe would a teenage girl talk about her relationship and its problems with a creepy old man who can’t grow up and who sexually assaulted half the men she knows? I mean, come on. If we’re forced to endure Leo, at least not make him creepy. 

That’s one of the reasons why Javi is somewhat tolerable, even though he was a little annoying and Leo-like today. He’s young and supposed to be immature. 

And btw, poor Doug the III.

Edited December 19, 2024 by AbcNbc247