6 minutes ago, Antoyne said:

I’m not sure what any of this has to do with me saying the new guy has no commanding presence.

Oh! you're referring to the presence/strength that emanates from the actor. I was referring to the characterization.  Different things that can overlap.

Okay. Yeah Keith has a softer presence than Maurice but they both compel me in different ways.   Perhaps we'll see Keith's presence stronger as he grows into the role.  At any rate, I personally found Keith compelling and wanted to watch him.
 

Edited May 23, 2025May 23 by janea4old

Just got home from work and chilling a bit before I dig into the new episode.

I'm glad to read that Anita and Tracy had some good scenes and I can't wait to see TT finally get something to sink her teeth into.  She's far too talented and likable to continued being saddled with those weird monologues that even she can't make work all the time.

The one thing I've noticed after about 60 episodes is that the show seems to rotate all the stories from week to week where they get A level attention.  So I have no doubt that Derek/Ashley will get less attention next week since they received B+ attention this week...and I guess Hayley finally is getting some attention though that means that energy vampire Dani will be seen

 

@ErrolI saw no new episode Monday, is it a repeat or just not airing due to the Holiday? 

Leslie is nuts! Her pretending to be Nicole was peak insane. Trisha has plenty to put in an Emmy reel so far, but that could seal a nomination.

NuTed finally did something to break out of the background and hopefully he keeps it up.

Vanessa trying to stand up for Nicole wasn't wrong, but she has no room to judge anyone on adultery. Doug seems like a good person outside of the gambling and clearly has never cheated, yet Vanessa has constantly played in his face with her cheating.

Tracy got Anita to be truthful and for the mask to slip. If Tracy is this direct I cannot imagine how much Sharon is going to go in.

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1 hour ago, janea4old said:

 

I think one of the things that Nicole loved about Ted was that he was commanding but only in a kind way, like her father Vernon.   We the viewers saw another side of him when he gave Leslie the 50 grand to leave town.  Maurice's Ted could get angry, but Ted was never scary.  I don't think Nicole would have married a scary person, even if the scariness was hidden.

I appreciate the nuTed trying to reason with crazy Leslie -- obviously it's pointless to try to reason with a sociopath, but he thinks he can.  Or he thinks mild threats would work.

In my view, Leslie is scary, and Ted is not, and that contrast is supposed to be there.

Bill has done scary things, but not Ted.

Yes he was. Ted had a dark side. One thing I noticed that different is I felt OG Ted had the capacity to kill Leslie if she pushed him too hard. I don’t get with this Ted as he’s been far too patient with her . His angry doesn’t convey the darkness that the character had before. He was ain’t ish in a way I came to feel was worse than Bill. I don’t think the new guy portrays him more from a heroic standpoint. 

Leslie envisioning herself as Nicole is why I said PASSIONS. This woman is clearly not happy with herself.

Silk Press Sheila at it again!

 

Nosy Nurse in her messy element!

 

Anita vs Tracy!

 

Smitty and those glasses AND a Jazmen episode?

 

YES, PLEASE.

27 minutes ago, Soaplovers said:

The one thing I've noticed after about 60 episodes is that the show seems to rotate all the stories from week to week where they get A level attention.  So I have no doubt that Derek/Ashley will get less attention next week since they received B+ attention this week...and I guess Hayley finally is getting some attention though that means that energy vampire Dani will be seen

Same. I love that this show knows how to rotate the cast so you don't get tooooo tired of someone. Some other shows could take note. 

Hehe....Smitty trying to get some alone time and Martin is just wiggling...I mean walking...away.

 

Lord...SilkPress. lol.

 

Hmmm so Doug/Vanessa/Joey are building...

'Oh...that's Ms. B!tch.' OMG!!! Not Silk Press Sheila giving an old school threatening villainess scene. and the building background music was EVERYTHING in that moment.

 

Oooooo YES! Loving Anita vs Tracy. If this is how it's going down with Tracy, I can't wait for Sharon to show up. 

 

Smitty vs Martin now. Lord...

 

Well given the various discussions about Anita...this part of her vs Tracy looks like it's touching on Anita as a person now!

 

Not Silk Press Sheila in a Nicole wig!!!!!!  Living up to her nickname sake with the light Lauren hatred. 

 

And now Vanessa laying into NuTed while Nosy Nurse is around...lol. 

I never once thought Ted would kill Leslie. I must've missed that episode. 

 

1 hour ago, dragonflies said:

He should be scary when it matters, like trying to keep that psycho away from his family. 

 

SO yeah this Ted should be intimidating and scary when it's needed 

For sure. Any real man should.

So...the REAL Anita comes out...AND the cliffhanger??? YES, PLEASE.

 

And next week looks like FIRE!

Shout out to J.D. Brown on an amazing episode. their were a few lines today, I could only see a black person writing, and I appreciate it.

@Taoboi And shoutout to you, I've been counting the number of cliffhangers, lol.

2 minutes ago, DemetriKane said:

Shout out to J.D. Brown on an amazing episode. their were a few lines today, I could only see a black person writing, and I appreciate it.

@Taoboi And shoutout to you, I've been counting the number of cliffhangers, lol.

Like Ms. B!tch to you. lol. I love his writing. 

 

One thing that we can say for sure...all the soaps (except Y&R and B&B I am afraid and I'm sure someone watching DAYS can correct me since I'm in catch-up mode) are giving Friday cliffhangers this May Sweeps it seems and loving it.

3 hours ago, DemetriKane said:

Martin will get a moment.

As he should. Given the progress they have done with the Martin's secret storyline, I know they are not going to end May Sweeps without giving some good tea/shocking info/reveal in that storyline to take our next A story into summer. Especially since the SilkPress storyline is shifting into a new turn. 

2 hours ago, dragonflies said:

LOL CBS IG page just posted this 

Ahhhhhhhhhhh DEAD.