Ohh - those previews!  I can't believe Leslie - what a mean mother. I still love the character, but she's now just a full-fledged villain at this point haha.

date: Friday, May 9 | Gregori J. Martin, Cheryl L. Davis | Phideaux Xavier

• I am loving the character of June.
• The swap-off of Anita and Vernon is nice. They are a very in-sync couple and seem to do well at teaming up. That's amazing.
• I appreciate the more level-headed conversation between Bill and Dani; it's a nice change of pacing for them.
• Deadbeat's attitude needs to be adjusted ASAP. I don't trust him one iota. At all. Bradley deserves better than an abusive husband. As do the children.
• I love that June is firm in her convictions and her stances; she won't allow anyone to penetrate them. I can tell she has a rich history in her life and hope we get to explore it.
• Just what Theodore needs, Andre, is alcohol. Ugh. Why not leave him alone with the consequences of his actions?
• Just like with Eva, Katherine is calling out the truth: Bradley is a better husband than Deadbeat deserves and is just as much a part of the Dupre family as anyone else is!
• Derek, you do not need a bigger apartment; what you need is to get rid of that ugly-ass chair you named and move back into your own place.
• Deadbeat, what do you think huffing and puffing with former Daddy is going to do?
• Eva is right. Disappointing. My heart genuinely hurts for her.
• Nicole asserting herself with Andre knowing of the affair and not telling her? Oh, that's going to cut!
• Oh, are we about to get Bill versus Bradley right now?! This could be a juicy-ahh showdown that I am completely here for.
• Wait, so Bill requested Bradley's presence? What is up his sleeve?
• Not Miss Dana showing up at the final hour! This is going to be a showdown. I know it is!

Notes:

• The new hairstyle on Arielle Prepetit (Naomi) is very cute.
• The hotel suite is a very nice, sleek design. Almost reminds me of the Country Club's rooms from the first week. It's nice seeing a different-looking hotel type of design from what other soaps continue to show us.
• The food at Orphey Gene's and Uptown continues to look undeniably delicious; I'd be more inclined to eat at the former, but I'd happily visit both establishments.

Edited May 9May 9 by Liberty City

Baby, next week looks, AWESOME.

All these entanglements.

Queen Leslie did look good barging in there though, lol

Damn, Leslie is going to make Eva take the fall for Laura's accident!

I’m not going to take Dani seriously going off on Ted when she was willing to overlook all of Bill’s affairs in her own marriage and only got her feelings hurt when her ass was left.

Absolutely hate that she’s getting a dedicated showcase scene like that - I think this is where MVJ’s personal friendship with Karla Mosley removes objectivity when writing for Dani as a character sometimes. 

Edited May 9May 9 by BetterForgotten

I have no use for Derek but I was happy to see them exploring Naomi and Ashley's friendship again. More of that, please! I was stunned when Ashley asked Naomi about the Ted drama. We actually got a lot of interesting combos today. Tomas/Eva, Kat/Smitty, a rare Martin/Ted sighting and Vanessa/Nicole, among others. This was a good breather from all of the drama of the past few days.

Because of pre-emptions I expected a random ending and not a proper cliffhanger but I literally jumped when I saw Leslie walk into Nicole's house! That was the perfect way to end things and along with the prevent, I'm excited to finally get back to a full 5 episodes next week!

1 minute ago, BetterForgotten said:

I’m not going to take Dani seriously going off on Ted when she was willing to overlook all of Bill’s affairs in her own marriage and only got her feelings hurt when her ass was left. 

This!!

This evil woman is really gonna frame Eva for Laura's attempted murder. Wow

21 minutes ago, BetterForgotten said:

I’m not going to take Dani seriously going off on Ted when she was willing to overlook all of Bill’s affairs in her own marriage and only got her feelings hurt when her ass was left.

Absolutely hate that she’s getting a dedicated showcase scene like that - I think this is where MVJ’s personal friendship with Karla Mosley removes objectivity when writing for Dani as a character sometimes. 

I disagree.  I think MVJ has set up each character in the cast with specific traits over the past few months, including Dani.  Now we are seeing each react to Nicole's situation in their own way.  Dani being loud, Martin being raging, Kat being indignant and comforting, Anita being encouraging, Vernon being loving, and Pamela just being there unquestioning.***

If Dani had become a wallflower, that would not have fit her character.

*** Edit: I meant Vanessa, not Pamela. sorry.

Edited May 9May 9 by janea4old

Just now, janea4old said:

I disagree.  I think MVJ has set up each character in the cast with specific traits over the past few months, including Dani.  Now we are seeing each react to Nicole's situation in their own way.  Dani being loud, Martin being raging, Kat being indignant and comforting, Anita being encouraging, Vernon being loving, and Pamela just being there unquestioning.

If Dani had become a wallflower, that would not have fit her character.

ALL OF THIS!

I have no issue with it, it's her SISTER. It's one thing to hurt her but mess with her family? it's ON 

I don't know what to make of the scene with Martin and Ted. I need a rewatch.

5 minutes ago, BetterForgotten said:

Queen Leslie did look good barging in there though, lol

I agree. And what a wise move to prolong that confrontation.

Bill trying to get Smitty to deliver a veiled threat to Martin.  Devious.  Will Smitty's reporter mind figure out that something's off?

Just now, janea4old said:

I disagree.  I think MVJ has set up each character in the cast with specific traits over the past few months, including Dani.  Now we are seeing each react to Nicole's situation in their own way.  Dani being loud, Martin being raging, Kat being indignant and comforting, Anita being encouraging, Vernon being loving, and Pamela just being there unquestioning.

If Dani had become a wallflower, that would not have fit her character.

This was a great write-up and nice insight. Thank you for this post. And, I agree, by the way.

5 minutes ago, janea4old said:

Bill trying to get Smitty to deliver a veiled threat to Martin.  Devious.  Will Smitty's reporter mind figure out that something's off?

Smitty: What is Martin hiding from me?

Love it!