DAYS: April 2025 Discussion Thread

[carolineg]

I hated Sami's Days of her Lives show, but every time Ali comes back I am like so happy!!

I hope Sami shot EJ to be honest. lol.

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Edited April 9 by carolineg

[jam6242]

I did not (I was a teenager then), probably because I didn't know their ages at the time and I didn't realize there was such a big age gap.  But I was disgusted when she was with "old man" Bob Anderson, when the actor was only around six months older than Bill Hayes, lol. 

[j swift]

A considerable suspension of disbelief was required today.

Yes, I understand there’s no SEC in the Days-verse to scrutinize the DiMera/Titan merger—but how, exactly, do Xander and Philip have the phone numbers of the entire DiMera board? And let’s not forget: Titan shuttered Theresa’s magazine just a few months ago due to the poor sales of a single issue. Who in their right corporate mind would want to merge with that?

Also, Mr. Shin flew into Salem a day after the stock dipped—but didn’t bother showing up when his son's murderer was caught or his daughter was kidnapped?

I won’t even delve too deeply into today’s most glaring ask of the audience—Belle. If one is aware they’re imagining a conversation, why would they say it out loud? Unless, of course, they also know they're on television. When I’m alone in a hospital room, I manage to keep my inner monologue inner. But somehow, thanks to Salem’s uncanny sense of timing, Sami manages to bypass Aunt Kayla and slip into EJ’s room just in time to overhear her sister’s big confession.

The highlight for me? JJ and Shawn. I appreciate that the show uses them to bounce ideas off each other rather than leaving one detective to soliloquize about motives and opportunities like a noir throwback. Also, the bullet still being at the hospital? Perfect. It neatly reaffirms that every division of the Salem PD is reliably incompetent, and gives JJ and Shawn a plausible reason to be there.

In summary: logic may have taken a personal day, but at least the banter was gainfully employed.

[AbcNbc247]

Posts like this make me wish that the Internet, and this board existed in the 60s, 70s and 80s, just so that we could read people's initial reactions to characters, storylines, etc. 

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I find it very ironic that, on the day that's exactly two weeks until Ron's last day, we get an episode that's a perfect example of one of the reasons as to why he was fired in the first place 

[carolineg]

Julie always felt more worldly and sophisticated to me.  Holly seems like a dumb teenage girl, which is fair.  Julie made immature and stupid decisions, but I always thought a man her own age wouldn't be the right fit for her if that makes sense?  Looking back the age disparity is probably a bit much, but it didn't show on screen.   I don't think the show was trying to hide the age difference.  He was bff with her uncle and married her mom.  I just never really thought about it mostly because they were married IRL so it just made sense.

[Soapsuds]

It was lovely seeing Sami again.

[Contessa Donatella]

Of course the minute, literally the minute, that Sami walked in. cue the wonky music, END SHOW. They just wasted Sami's whole scene. I feel so cheated. Alas. Well, she'll be on tomorrow. BTW both sisters are looking very fine. YUM.

[j swift]

Ironically, I like the fact that JJ and Shawn had scenes in a variety of settings.

Yet, given the filming schedule that we've heard about, I'm willing to bet that Sami never leaves EJ's side for this entire visit to Salem.  Maybe we'll get a second set of scenes with Roman and Kate at the Pub.  But, I wouldn't be surprised if we never see Sami in more than two places.

[AbcNbc247]

Today was an improvement over yesterday. There was a lot more depth and maturity in the writing. It really was like night and day.

Sami and Belle’s reunion/confrontation was the best part of today. Sami told her a lot of hard truths that I’m glad Belle hasn’t accepted yet. It could lead to some pretty good drama somewhere down the line. And, we got confirmation that Belle knows about Johnny’s conception. Hopefully, that means we’ll get more scenes of Belle trying to figure out why she loves a man who hurt so many members of her family. And I liked that we got an update about Marlena and Steve as well.

Sami’s scenes with a comatose EJ are exactly what Belle should have gotten yesterday. Talking about the way that she feels but not treating it like a big joke. I seriously can’t wait for her scenes with Johnny. 

I also enjoyed Chad and Johnny’s scenes. I liked that Chad was there for him while he raged about his parents. Their conversation hit a lot of important beats about Sami and EJ. And Chad using his own history with his mother in order to get Johnny to come around about EJ was a good idea, even though I hope that Johnny doesn’t forgive EJ yet. He needs to be at odds with him for a very long time. 

And, I didn’t mind Alex being such a bitch about Philip, but it would work much better if Alex was being written as the villain, instead of the righteous good guy because that still doesn’t work lol and it never will. That’s clearly not RSW’s style

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And, Sarah does not need to be another character made to look bad in order to make him look good either.

But welcome back, Vivian! We’ve missed you too. 

[Contessa Donatella]

I only have two things to say about today's show & they are: SAMI!!! and Vivian!!!

They have been missed!

[j swift]

I don't understand how Sami knows that Johnny found out she was raped? - Is that supposed to be a clue, or am I missing something?

He keeps saying that he couldn't get in touch with her.  And, I don't imagine he told her through voicemail.  So, how does she know that he knows?

I also don't know how Chad knew that EJ raped Sami, but somehow it feels more plausible that it was discussed during Abby's recovery. So, I didn't question that scene.

I liked the very adult scene between Alex and Sarah.  I'm trying not to let external stuff get in the way of just enjoying the 40 minutes of streaming time.  And I found that once I let that go, I enjoy Alex.  Even though we have no solid character analysis of him, other than, he's quick to anger and equally quick to calm down and forgive.

On the other hand, it felt incredibly juvenile for Xander and Philip to gloat to Gabi about taking over her company (that she owns from a divorce settlement, so it seemed odd that she was so quick to give up the fight).  

I also like the creative storytelling of slowly filling in the time gap between when we last saw everyone prior to EJ getting shot, and where they were during the shooting.

Finally, Sami's dress was a good choice to indicate that she just flew in from Italy.  There was something very Dolce&Gabanna about the print and the fit.

Edited April 10 by j swift

[ranger1rg]

Carson Boatman and Billy Flynn almost broke out laughing during their Johnny/Chad scenes today.

[Contessa Donatella]

CompuServe 1979

Usenet 1980 - I was here.

Delphi 1981 - I was a soap group Asst. Mgr. here.

Prodigy 1984 - I was here.

AOL 1985 - I was here.

Genie 1985

NVN 1984

[Khan]

Just another example of what could happen when you don't give actors enough rehearsal time.  At the very least, it would've been CB and BF's chance to get the laughs out of their systems so they could really sell the fight later on in taping.  (Of course, as ridiculous as the show's writing often is, I don't blame them for having near-laughing fits while taping, lol).

[Taoboi]

Oooo love all this tea. 

 

Especially Vivian!!