Writers:
Sara A. Bibel
Danielle Paige

Director:
Michael V. Pomarico

I'm bored today... 😕  Endless cycle of Derek/Ashley/Andre, Kat/Tomas and then Dani/Bill/Hayley. I was feeling Dani/Bill at first, but then they went backwards yet again.

date: Wednesday, September 17, 2025 | Sara A. Bibel, Danielle Paige | Michael V. Pomarico

• That is right, Derek: let that flashback stay on the forefront of your mind. Ashley belongs with Andre, and there is nothing you can do about it.
• Good on Anita and Chelsea for calling out Katherine for her behaviour. She should be called out like this.
• Look at the child bride, eavesdropping on what is genuine chemistry between two people who are meant to be together.
• Anita is a true matriarch; her passion for those within her family continues to shine through brighter than the previous time.
• Aw, Andre is heartbroken at Ashley telling him she is engaged to the wrong man.
• Well, now Shanice knows Derek has been lying about his being able to feel things in his right leg. No bueno.
• Child bride, your scheme is not going to work. It truly is not, especially if Katherine has her say about it.
• Katherine, that was desperate and sounded like you rehearsed what you felt like Tomas would want to hear on the way over to Orphey Gene's.
• Bill is totally threatened by Tomas' presence, but he should not be.
• Derek you are DELUSIONAL! You, Allison, and Dana should all take residency at whatever the Fairmont psychard is called, because you all FIT like a GLOVE!

Notes:

• The continued electricity between Timon Kyle Durrett (Bill) and Karla Mosley (Dani) is SPARKING! I totally know these two will be reunited by Christmastime.

9 minutes ago, alwaysAMC said:

I'm bored today... 😕  Endless cycle of Derek/Ashley/Andre, Kat/Tomas and then Dani/Bill/Hayley. I was feeling Dani/Bill at first, but then they went backwards yet again.

Today was a boring, messy episode.

 

Derek and Ashley's story continues to put you in a coma.

5 minutes ago, Liberty City said:

date: Wednesday, September 17, 2025 | Sara A. Bibel, Danielle Paige | Michael V. Pomarico

• That is right, Derek: let that flashback stay on the forefront of your mind. Ashley belongs with Andre, and there is nothing you can do about it.
• Good on Anita and Chelsea for calling out Katherine for her behaviour. She should be called out like this.
• Look at the child bride, eavesdropping on what is genuine chemistry between two people who are meant to be together.
• Anita is a true matriarch; her passion for those within her family continues to shine through brighter than the previous time.
• Aw, Andre is heartbroken at Ashley telling him she is engaged to the wrong man.
• Well, now Shanice knows Derek has been lying about his being able to feel things in his right leg. No bueno.
• Child bride, your scheme is not going to work. It truly is not, especially if Katherine has her say about it.
• Katherine, that was desperate and sounded like you rehearsed what you felt like Tomas would want to hear on the way over to Orphey Gene's.
• Bill is totally threatened by Tomas' presence, but he should not be.
• Derek you are DELUSIONAL! You, Allison, and Dana should all take residency at whatever the Fairmont psychard is called, because you all FIT like a GLOVE!

Notes:

• The continued electricity between Timon Kyle Durrett (Bill) and Karla Mosley (Dani) is SPARKING! I totally know these two will be reunited by Christmastime.

I said they'll be together by November sweeps lol

This episode sucked royally. I don't even know if I should even watch tomorrow's episode; I'm thinking of skipping it especially since I got some stuff to do tomorrow. 

BTG coming after Bold is such a blessing in disguise. Bold is so disgusting and horrible that anything after it... is a breath of fresh air. 

Derek's bitchy tone toward Shanice was so uncalled for. He is putting her ethics in the middle of his desperation to hold on to someone who doesn't really want him. And Ashley is still playing games because there was no need to call Andre over other than to get his reaction.

Anita is so caught up in Dupree excellence that she is pushing Chelsea too hard.

Kat groveling to Tomas was not on brand for the character. He does run interference for Eva too much.

Hayley's insecurity makes her a weak homewrecker. She secured the bag but is still threatened.

 

 

 

Before I get to seeing if today's episode was pre-empted and I have to move to the app (boo! hiss!)...I did want to say that I loved yesterday's ending. And I hope they don't drop the ball on Nicole moving forward with her life since SilkPress left her Ted's tie. Cuz really, Ted, REALLY? I can't believe he thought SilkPress wouldn't go to rub her good fortune (pun unintended) in Anita's, Vernon's, and especially Nicole's face.

 

But when you got to be the straight man to wacky...

Chelsea looked so good today. The hair, the outfit, just chefs kiss.

 

Hehe. Like Mother, like daughter. Cuz Dani looks great to me with her hair today.

Yeeeeah, I'm going to go uh oh.

 

Why?

 

I...am bored. 

 

It's not the first time I've not felt a week, but liked it after I did a rewatch. However, I'm not feeling rewatch-y. And that's not because the fashion isn't still on point. And there have been some good moments. And some beats. 

 

For me, there just isn't anything to hold the week together. None of the A stories are in play for anything major. The SilkPress storyline would be the closest and I believe that I officially am putting that in the over-played department due to the writers' insistence in writing SilkPress as a clown and dumbing down everyone else in her sphere currently.

 

By default, I am liking there was a little bit of Dani/Bill/Hayley storyline to shore up things today. You know it's bad when THAT'S the A story that I'm clinging to. But at least there is something intriguing to it. Chelesa's kidnapping was an event, and it managed to give the three of them something to play with. Bill and Dani were closer, and everyone noticed. Hayley got to annoy me on one hand and be Kristen Dimera-Lite-circa the late 90s on the other. I admit that there were a lot of things in that triangle (Andre makes 4) that need to be a certain way to get it back toward 'factory settings.' Bill and Dani were being too close...and I was liking it and their scenes with their daughters. Even Bill and Hayley were getting some believable friction from it. So this Tomas jealous thing is unneeded for me. Not organic. Bill having to back off Dani due to Hayley's jealousy led to great Dani vs Bill scenes. As has Andre's presence. In a way, they have to rest this A story again so this episode did a good job of giving a reason why they will be off in their own separate stories for a while until the next beat...which I'm sure will be Hayley's schemes which is the most jarring thing in the whole A story because it has abruptly vanished. 

 

Can we free Shanice? Plllllease. I am liking Dark Derek that is slowly popping out, but I am not here for Round 2 of Derek/Ashley/Andre. I didn't like it the first time though I understood it. And now that I'm over it...this is just overkill. Both men deserve better. And Ashley deserves more writing development. 

 

I said the other day that there is really only two solid B stories at the moment. One that was not ready to even be the main focus (June) and that story is back to Square One. The other one which would be perfect for a week where nothing is going on (Doug/Vanessa/Joey) that has also abruptly vanished after a fiery cliffhanger last week. 

 

Very watching paint dry with moments of flirting though. I feel momentum has been lost. 

3 minutes ago, Taoboi said:

For me, there just isn't anything to hold the week together. None of the A stories are in play for anything major. The SilkPress storyline would be the closest

Very watching paint dry with moments of flirting though. I feel momentum has been lost. 

100% agree on this!

3 minutes ago, alwaysAMC said:

100% agree on this!

Thank you. I'm disappointed, but I have to call a spade a spade cuz the writing this week and some of last week (which I finished rewatching) had me going 'hunni, what is dis?' At least last week had the aftermath of Chels's kidnapping to hold everything together and I'm still very much interested in it this week with the brief moments we get with it. But...what else is going on? 

 

 

There is a lull and that sometimes happens on a soap after a big story line. The show wants to make a big splash in the first year and have lots of excitement happening, but the pitfall of that is that you end up with weeks that a lulls until the next story line or an element of a story line picks up.