Writers:
Ron Carlivati
Judy Tate

Director:
Steven Williford

Ted.  Just slam the door on Leslie!  WTF is wrong with you even opening the door to her?

Just now, janea4old said:

Ted.  Just slam the door on Leslie!  WTF is wrong with you even opening the door to her?

Agree... but... I love Leslie and SO happy she's finally back on. It seems like forever since she's been on, although she just said yesterday was when Nicole attacked her at Orphey Gene's. What a long day we've had!

So Nicole choking out Leslie at Orphey Gene's, the press conference/Kenny's death, Nicole and Dani finding out, Hayley showing Bill the sonogram, the Articulette's showing up at Anita's door, Bill and Ted's convo, Eva fixing the accreditation and gathering Kat and Ted, Alison running into Orphey's and to the hospital all happened in a 24ish hour period...hmmm interesting.

I guess Haley is only 10 weeks. 😆 

Just now, GLATWT88 said:

So Nicole choking out Leslie at Orphey Gene's, the press conference/Kenny's death, Nicole and Dani finding out, Hayley showing Bill the sonogram, the Articulette's showing up at Anita's door, Bill and Ted's convo, Eva fixing the accreditation and gathering Kat and Ted, Alison running into Orphey's and to the hospital all happened in a 24ish hour period...hmmm interesting.

I guess Haley is only 10 weeks. 😆 

RIGHT?  LOL how does that all make sense. Also Ted and Nicole's convo, Smitty and Jacob's convo... I'm sure there are more.

Oh boy, Tomas just told Eva he hasn't had sex with Kat yet. That's not going to go over well.

Damn, now Tomas told Eva that Kat is a virgin. He's going to be in deep trouble haha.

That crossed my mind at one point and I had to shake my head. That's the LAST thing this show needs.

 

Speaking of what this show needs, let me take a minute and say that I love the sparring between Nicole and Silk Press Sheila last week that ended in Nicole wanting to choke her out. It was long overdue to have them confront each other. Not a full catfight sadly, but delicious. And hopefully there will more encounters.

 

What I am not liking is Ted. The more this has gone on with the recast, I stick with what I said before. It just seems like the writers want this Ted to be more of a romantic lead and they actually want a more traditional triangle with him and Nicole and Silk Press Sheila. It definitely wouldn't fly with MJ in the role because that is not the vibe he gave. Something for them to work on if they are going to put Ted in that position.

I didn't miss Leslie at all.  I got tired of her vamp villany stuff long ago.  Over it.

14 minutes ago, alwaysAMC said:

 

Oh boy, Tomas just told Eva he hasn't had sex with Kat yet. That's not going to go over well.

Damn, now Tomas told Eva that Kat is a virgin. He's going to be in deep trouble haha.

For someone who says they don't want to put Kat's laundry out there he is putting it alllll out there even the fact he denied her.

18 minutes ago, GLATWT88 said:

So Nicole choking out Leslie at Orphey Gene's, the press conference/Kenny's death, Nicole and Dani finding out, Hayley showing Bill the sonogram, the Articulette's showing up at Anita's door, Bill and Ted's convo, Eva fixing the accreditation and gathering Kat and Ted, Alison running into Orphey's and to the hospital all happened in a 24ish hour period...hmmm interesting.

I guess Haley is only 10 weeks. 😆 

 

16 minutes ago, alwaysAMC said:

Also Ted and Nicole's convo, Smitty and Jacob's convo... I'm sure there are more.

Oh wow.  A very long Fairmont day!

Edited July 23Jul 23 by janea4old

Ted exists to be a useful idiot. He’s a one-dimensional, stock soap character. He’ll probably be a corpse before the year is over with. Or at least should be, the way he’s written.

12 minutes ago, Taoboi said:

 

What I am not liking is Ted. The more this has gone on with the recast, I stick with what I said before. It just seems like the writers want this Ted to be more of a romantic lead and they actually want a more traditional triangle with him and Nicole and Silk Press Sheila. It definitely wouldn't fly with MJ in the role because that is not the vibe he gave. Something for them to work on if they are going to put Ted in that position.

Very curious how they will make this work, because unless Leslie is seriously redeemed, it will be hard to look as Ted as anything but pathetic. He claims to have ruined his marriage on a mistake yet seems to allow and give Lesile the time of day anytime she is around. The fact they have a daughter together keeps them tied, but unless Lesile tones it down, it just is hard to believe. Ted has done a complete 180 nearly. It is hard to understand the character. 

1 minute ago, Faulkner said:

Ted exists to be a useful idiot. He’s a one-dimensional, stock soap character. He’ll probably be a corpse before the year is over with. Or at least should be, the way he’s written.

Omg, yes! Just what I was thinking. Great reflection. 

12 minutes ago, janea4old said:

I didn't miss Leslie at all.  I got tired of her vamp villany stuff long ago.  Over it.

It's conflicting, because the actress is so good, but it does come across cartoonish sometimes. 

11 minutes ago, GLATWT88 said:

Very curious how they will make this work, because unless Leslie is seriously redeemed, it will be hard to look as Ted as anything but pathetic. He claims to have ruined his marriage on a mistake yet seems to allow and give Lesile the time of day anytime she is around. The fact they have a daughter together keeps them tied, but unless Lesile tones it down, it just is hard to believe. Ted has done a complete 180 nearly. It is hard to understand the character. 

I'm not sure how they are going to do it if they do, either. I do feel they tried to do the groundwork for it post-reveal with that focus on painting SilkPress as more sympathetic in all those scenes of her sitting with Ted talking about her POV. Odd because the story should have been showing NICOLE'S POV during the fallout. And that never sat right with me that Nicole's POV has been mostly background to the villain in her own story. 

 

Him giving her a ride home last week didn't sit right with me. And it sounds like today will be more of the same. I can at least understand some of why he's trying to be there for Eva...a throughline that started with MJ's Ted, but how he treats SilkPress like a comedic character to his straight man character vs a husband trying to fight for his wife is just not a good look. Very pathetic.

18 minutes ago, Faulkner said:

Ted exists to be a useful idiot. He’s a one-dimensional, stock soap character. He’ll probably be a corpse before the year is over with. Or at least should be, the way he’s written.

My sentiments exactly! Lol.

date: Wednesday, July 23, 2025 | Ron Carlivati, Judy Tate | Steven Williford

• That very public kiss between Eva and Tomas is also very steamy; I do not want to like it, but I absolutely do.
• Uh-oh, is Dana suing/filing charges against Nicole for what happened at Orphey Gene's? Honey, you brought that mess on yourself.
• Allison, boo, you are not tricking me. The games you're playing are not cute. They are psychotic.
• Now Eva knows that Katherine is a virgin and that Tomas is blue-balled by it.
• Chelsea... let Allison refusing help be a BIG RED SIGN!!! Craig is likely dead in their home.
• I really need Nicole to put Katherine in her place, because it is clear she has not before.
• Dana is really pulling the Adam & Eve references out right now and is really hamming up her so-called 'injury'.
• Ding, ding, ding... Madison has clocked Allison for the liar and manipulator that she is, and good on her for calling out how naïve Chelsea is being right now, too.
• Good on Chelsea for laying it out for Allison... who does not seem all too happy with what she's been told... I imagine the next phase in her plans will be rolling out very, very soon.
• Nicole is playing dangerous with the most insane of insane people... but good on her for going to see what the so-called 'injury' was.
• Good on Jacob for kind of guiding Ted into not saying anything; I am glad that Ted refused to make a formal statement, which should help Nicole.
• "And next time, you won't need any makeup." Oh, Nicole is on IT!
• Eva and Tomas' book foreplay is kind of fun, not going to lie.

Notes:

• Keith D. Robinson (Ted) continues to kill it with his material; he has such a command in his acting. I need more of him.

3 minutes ago, Liberty City said:

Eva and Tomas' book foreplay is kind of fun, not going to lie.

I would have been okay with that but last month's dialogue referencing the book's  "writer" ...  left a bad taste in my mouth.  Let that book be authorless from now on. Or better yet, let them find a new author that's not a stupid in-joke.

Edited July 23Jul 23 by janea4old