Edited December 31, 20241 yr by Liberty City

Today's episode with the party for New Eve was okay and you can tell the foreshadowing of Real Rafe return will be the wedding with Jada getting  married and real Rafe trying to stop Jada from marrying fake Rafe 

Happy New Year y’all 🎉🎉🎉

Today started off a little clunky and the party was very rushed too. Some of these scenes really should’ve taken place in an earlier episode. But I liked how everything ultimately came together… except for Fake Rafe lol

Belle’s dress was a little… ehhh lol but everyone else looked good, especially Johnny, JJ and Gabi. I had no idea Belle and Chanel were the same size though 😂😂

I liked seeing all the potential couples that are on track to reunite, even though I wasn’t a fan of the first few scenes between EJelle. Idk if it’s the writing or the way that Dan Feuerriegel plays it, but seeing EJ act like such a bumbling fool didn’t really work for me. He can put on a much better show than that, like he did with Gabi and JJ later in the episode. But I like that Belle wasn’t able to tell him yet that she was the new DA. I wonder how that reveal is gonna be used; if it comes out immediately

Spoiler

Or after EJelle gets together

I don’t mind either way.

I also enjoyed JJ/Gabi and Philip/Stephanie too. There was still some tension between EJ and JJ/Gabi in their brief scene today. And I hope that means that their thing isn’t going to be completely dropped. EJ/Gabi doing anything together would be a good way to cause conflict for both EJelle and Jabi. 

And despite JPL’s previous acting choices, he is starting to grow on me as Philip. I think he still has some work to do but I thought he did well today. He does seem to work very well with Abigail Klein too. And I’m looking forward to the Philip/Stephanie/Alex triangle. With the new writers coming in, I imagine that it will be written on a more even playing field, instead of being so biased in favor of Alex/RSW. Plus, if both Philip and Alex are written as grey characters, maybe it’ll lead to my idea of a Stephanie/Xander situation lol 

And Johnny looked hot 😍😂

I know we’re supposed to hate him right now lol but since it was obviously written that way mostly to prop Alex instead of for what he did, I’m not drinking the Kool-Aid. 

But I am looking forward to the Johnny/Chanel/Joy scenes tomorrow. 

Edited January 1, 20251 yr by AbcNbc247

There's that word again used by @AbcNbc247...hot!

Means just one thing!😂😍

I'm wishing for a Belle/Dr Mark Greene pairing in 2025.  She needs an honest guy, who's only been to jail once.  And even though it doesn't look like the Greene family will survive for long, I like seeing some new traditions in Salem.

Edited January 1, 20251 yr by j swift

3 hours ago, Soapsuds said:

There's that word again used by @AbcNbc247...hot!

Means just one thing!😂😍

Just trying to get people to watch 😉😂😂

1 hour ago, j swift said:

I'm wishing for a Belle/Dr Mark Greene pairing in 2025.  She needs an honest guy, who's only been to jail once.  And even though it doesn't look like the Greene family will survive for long, I like seeing some new traditions in Salem.

Did they have any chemistry in their scenes together? I can't remember.

I do agree that Mark needs to get out of prison. I like the Greenes, even though I hated that they ended up being tied to Clyde.

Edited January 1, 20251 yr by AbcNbc247

Did Ava ever resolve the ownership of the Bistro with Stefan being gone?  Remember right after he left, she was worried about who would sign the paychecks?  Has she resigned to only using Sophia, and providing her with high school credit in lieu of payment?😉

15 hours ago, j swift said:

I'm wishing for a Belle/Dr Mark Greene pairing in 2025.  She needs an honest guy, who's only been to jail once.  And even though it doesn't look like the Greene family will survive for long, I like seeing some new traditions in Salem.

Mark is too old for Belle. Claire (if she came back) would be a better fit.

Wait, what?

Johnny stopped himself before he had sex with Joy?

Raven and Carson did a really good job in their scenes today but what? I mean yeah, he looked hot in the flashback but what was the point of keeping it a big secret from the fans and from everybody if almost nothing happened between him and Joy? Honestly, this feels like a really big letdown. I was expecting it to come out that they actually did have sex, or didn’t and that Johnny blacked out and Joy was lying about everything, in attempt to steal Johnny from Chanel. I don’t see a point to this storyline now. And also, where does Joy go from here? Is her sole purpose now just to be the next notch on Alex’s bedpost?

Speaking of Alex, I see they tried to make him the good guy and Philip the bad guy again, and again, mostly due to RSW’s portrayal, it didn’t work. It always comes off like he’s trying to manipulate the person into making them feel guilty as a way of getting what he wants from them. Like bro,

I’m still Team Philip, mostly due to the Alex propping lol I wonder what’s going to happen between him and Stephanie now that they’ve decided to go at it. And I’m wondering the same thing about JJ and Gabi too 😂

EJ warning Fake Rafe about sleeping with Jada was a nice, modern era surprise. I didn’t know that Days (or Uncle Ron) had it in them 😂😂

Maybe that was a Janet mandate. 

And as much as I would love for Fake Rafe to disappear, I find myself asking again, what’s the point to all this if he’s just gonna be off working a “big case?”

2 hours ago, AbcNbc247 said:

I mean yeah, he looked hot in the flashback but what was the point of keeping it a big secret from the fans and from everybody if almost nothing happened between him and Joy?

Could Johnny still by lying? I have no idea why Alex would agree to keep quiet if all Johnny & Joy had done was kissed. He'd laugh and say, "What's the big deal?"

I think Johnny/Chanel struggle with the loss of LA/Allie from the canvas.   Allie would always be an easy way to cause issues for the couple even if it wasn't a love triangle.  The show doesn't seem to know what to do with this couple and they keep getting stories that go nowhere.

EJ did the right thing getting RoboRafe out of town so he doesn’t rape Jada.

The Alex/Philip stuff really highlights RSW's weakness as an actor.  Say what you will about JPL, he can play “to the manor born” and seems natural in a mansion setting.  But, RSW's thick Bostonian accent always takes me out of the scene, as I expect that he'll yell “wicked pissah” in every argument.

Also, almost every party in Salem has either the worst music, or none at all, so they never seem fun.  In fact, given that something awful happens almost every New Years in Salem, you'd think they wouldn't look forward to it as much.   It's like if you're invited to one of Sami's wedding, you need to be sure to keep the gift receipt in case you need to return it.

30 minutes ago, j swift said:

RSW's thick Bostonian accent always takes me out of the scene, as I expect that he'll yell “wicked pissah” in every argument.

Exactly

9 hours ago, Bold Days said:

Mark is too old for Belle. Claire (if she came back) would be a better fit.

Wait he is too old for the mother, but is a better for the daughter 🥴🥴