2 hours ago, Aback said:

Honestly the show's 'format' does not work. They have characters going back and forth from one cafe place to another to talk and it's just gotten ridiculous.

Martin the congressman who is never at his office and throws a mention of the 'Education Bill' to his dad as evidence of his hard work while at the CC after a gym workout.

If I were him I would be worried about re-election.

The 2 nurses who chat and socialize all day.

Vanessa the real estate mogul who never works but has time to socialize and scheme with a mobster.

Nicole who never sees patients

Eva who's doing a tremendous job at an office we never see

Etc, etc

They should have planned the structure better and have several characters working together be it the real estate office, Martin's office etc and planned sets for that.

I can't stand Jan, either.

57 minutes ago, kalbir said:

With this week being a short week, this thread could be less than 50 pages.

Which would be a first. Not that I hate on its average of 100 pages.

58 minutes ago, Soaplovers said:

To me, I think the Kat vs Eva feud is going back to where it should have stayed in the front place.... Ted (their father) with Nicole and Anita finally giving her two cents on occasion when it comes to both of the girls.

Unpopular opinion, but TT had a much better written character and story arc on ATWT as Jessica Griffin than she's had as Anita Dupree on this show thus far.

With that said, she and Tisha have strong on screen chemistry as Anita and SPS.. and it's nice that she can sort of be cordial to Eva recognizing perhaps a little of herself in Eva (since we all know Anita did not come from money and wasn't the nicest of people back in her youth).

Dare I say it.. but I like that the show has a strong set of supporting/B characters that I kind of enjoy better than the Duprees.

The Have Not duo of Jan/Mona have a good friendship chemistry... and @Taoboi you might get your wish to see the Have not duo seeing SPS being exposed since Jan did get an invite to Winterfest and Mona is going to be there as well. And Jan said that without proof, she isn't going to condemn SPS so an exposure of some sort would need to happen in order to get Jan to back off yet again from resuming her friendship with SPS. The Have Not going ons are one of my favorite of the C stories.

Laura has been a wonderful addition as a supporting/recurring character and given the type of focus/layers that I wish the show would give Chelsea. The PTSD she feels after her trauma is realistic considering the accident and then her heart issues at the hospital.. and her feeling uneasy around SPS (with good reason) while having a warm relationship with Mona, Nicole, & Anita.. and even was nice to Eva.

Dare I say it, but I'd rather Samantha be written off and more focus given to Laura since I think there is story there with her character and her occasional mentions of her boyfriend, etc.

I agree with that. Kat vs Eva is the gift that keeps on giving. And I feel unless the actresses decide to leave, we will be getting it for a good long time. Both continue to give layers...which is farther than just about a boy. And as of right now, they seem to be the only characters...at least for me...that give shades of gray to them...something I am feeling the show is starting to stray away from and part of the reason I liked the show. Note...I STILL love this show, but just saying. :)

I agree on Anita, too. I definitely want more from her. And I do wonder if she is planning something for SPS herself since she mentioned that SPS is being very closely watched. Otherwise...as much as I like their chemistry...I have started to think that it's time Anita had her own self-made rich rival. The Barbara link between Anita and SPS was genius, but I feel that SPS should be more of a constant rival for Nicole than for her. In spite of the nouveau riche vs old money angle the show could and should bring to a rivalry between Anita and SilkPress. A self-made rich rival (with a past with Vernon) played by Victora Rowell or Anna Marie Hosford perhaps?

Another thing I love about this show has been its supporting/B characters. It really reminds me of old school Y&R. And I continue to love that. They have more potential and a vibe of life to them that I just love. Shoutout to Miguel, Lynne, Esther (who is still around), Mary, and Sasha, etc. GH used to have the same in 90s (Regnald, Leticia, Sonny's old set of bodyguards pre-Max/Milo) so I really like we have Shanice, Laura, the Have-Nots, Gossip Busybody Lady, Marcel, etc.

Speaking of my Have-Nots, I am fingers crossed on that. That's how those scenes feel and the presence of Laura in story really feels like it will happen. I hope I am not wrong. Jan doing all this apologizing for Silk Press Sheila only for SPS to be exposed in front of the whole town...with Mona in attendance would be DELICIOUS. I too have wondered about more Have-Nots around. It is almost surprising that they have played more of the Ashley/Eva connection since the show started with them with the Have-Nots as well.

Oh...you think the writers let Chelesa recover too quickly? I stay on the fence about that. I thought RR did a great job with the post-kidnapping scenes, but I guess it has glided on past me once she confronted Allison at Jacob's desk and did that video online. That said...I do like Laura still dealing with it and standing up for herself. I do wonder where they will place her after Winterfest is done since they mentioned she broke up with the man she was all about before the accident.

I think it's kinda sad that this show has taken so many hits by viewers in less than a year, but I do understand all of it for the most part. This show was something of a gamble to begin with so it was very important that those in charge really dived in and gave it their all. I do think they could use some kind of major corporate setting to link the characters. What was the point of creating these characters with major professional backgrounds and none of it is even noticeable?

On another note, where is Madison? Voices elsewhere are uttering that she's gone, "Judy Winslow" style. I hope that isn't true. Not a good look, especially after they seemed to be on the path of introducing Madison's mother.

Edited 16 minutes ago16 min by Vanguardian53

Now we know when someone gets mentioned as MIA they pop up in two weeks' time. ;)