Just finished the episode. Things got worse.

-- Mariah showed up at Crimson Lights after her work trip so she could see Tessa. Huh? She said she stopped at home first to see Aria.

-- Tessa was surprised to see her, so how did she know Tessa was there? And why did Mariah have a dozen things to do regarding work when she just got back from a work trip? All so contrived.

-- Billy left his meeting at the GCAC with Phyllis, only to return and sit at the bar. Why? Oh, so Daniel can conveniently show up and talk to him. Neither of them get a drink and Billy leaves. So why did Billy even go there? Contrived.

On the plus side, it was great to see CG again. It's also a plus when Mariah is obviously hiding something. The whole I need to get back to work, evasiveness... Hopefully this secret is actually something significant and not another tease.

The Billy/Phyllis split is so forced. Billy just saved Phyllis. And like Phyllis, Billy is an outsider and they've always understood each other. Billy knows she's gone through major trauma so his natural instinct would be to try to *save* Phyllis while risking his thing with Sally. If Billy was actually maturing, I'd buy it. However, we know that's not the case since he's teaming with Dumas to take back CI and to get revenge on Adam/Victor.

I get the show taking a breather after 9 months of Sharon being terrorized, Heather's death, Ian/Jordan and then Alan, but the last two weeks have been too much of ... nothing.

8 minutes ago, edgeofnik said:

I get the show taking a breather after 9 months of Sharon being terrorized, Heather's death, Ian/Jordan and then Alan, but the last two weeks have been too much of ... nothing.

I'm sure Josh is already  planning for  the next psycho to arrive.

Michelle Stafford's 'acting' in the past few episodes has been intolerable.

3 hours ago, Paul Raven said:

Michelle Stafford's 'acting' in the past few episodes has been intolerable.

When a scene begins with her shouting, "Hey!  Hey!", you instantly know she's going to be awful and so is the entire scene.  

Drinking game - take a swig everytime someone says Abbott Communications.

Billy firing Phyllis is perfectly understandable on a number of levels,and her pitiful pleas only reinforce the common sense of that decision.

Her 'I need this job'pleas are pathetic. This is the woman who operated a major hotel, which she sold on a whim, but must have pocketed some $$$ and is apparently a computer whiz but is being written as Suzie Sadsack...

And we are supposed to buy that she has been affected by the kidnap saga, when she has survived and initiated similar stuff in the past and emerged unscathed.

Back to the set situation-Josh is informed they are cutting back on sets to a few homes and eateries so he decides to keep writing stories about businesses, takeovers and corporate intrigue without an office or staff in sight. Smart thinking Josh.

20 hours ago, ranger1rg said:

Just finished the episode. Things got worse.

-- Mariah showed up at Crimson Lights after her work trip so she could see Tessa. Huh? She said she stopped at home first to see Aria.

-- Tessa was surprised to see her, so how did she know Tessa was there? And why did Mariah have a dozen things to do regarding work when she just got back from a work trip? All so contrived.

-- Billy left his meeting at the GCAC with Phyllis, only to return and sit at the bar. Why? Oh, so Daniel can conveniently show up and talk to him. Neither of them get a drink and Billy leaves. So why did Billy even go there? Contrived.

I just finished this epi as well. Tbf about Billy, he went to the club to work out in the gym when Phyllis made him sit and talk (and he fired her). Billy then went downstairs to work out, then came back up to sit at the bar. Just sayin', that's why he came back.

And what is Tess doing sitting at the coffee shop all the time now? First she was doing a crossword puzzle. Next time she told Daniel she was scratching out some lyrics to a new song or some such. Why isn't she at home with her freaking daughter? Or at work at Society? Really, the coffee shop for Tess too?