2 hours ago, ranger1rg said:

Appreciate your musings, and agree with much of what you say. Hope we hear more from you!

Thank you!

7 hours ago, dragonflies said:

Damn this got over 7 thousand likes!!

Love is love.

Great post as well @DeliaIrisFan

11 hours ago, Taoboi said:

Love is love.

Great post as well @DeliaIrisFan

I agree with @Taoboi and @ranger1rg - very insightful post! Would love to hear more @DeliaIrisFan in the future.

Writers:
Teresa Zimmerman
Judy Tate

Directors:
Anthony Pascarelli

yes Mona. Check her!

Edited 1 hour ago1 hr by Cheap21

So Kat is fine with Joey and all his CRIMES but has smoke for Leslie

-- Dr. Kyle Rollins' first line is "WinterFest has exceeded my expectations." Dude, you just walked through the front door.

-- Naomi was brutal to Hayley. Haven't we seen them be civil to each other lately? Now we're back to "You're evil and my family hates you"?

-- It's great seeing so many cast members at the event, but this constant call to things off-screen (now there's an ice skating rink!) is annoying.

5 minutes ago, ranger1rg said:

-- Dr. Kyle Rollins' first line is "WinterFest has exceeded my expectations." Dude, you just walked through the front door.

Apparently, last year's WinterFest set an extremely low bar, lol.

date: Monday, December 8, 2025 | Teresa Zimmerman, Judy Tate | Anthony Pascarelli

• Of course the spoilt, self-centred bitch does not want to move in with Tomas. He is dodging a sure-fire bullet by her saying no.

• Well hello, Kial! You are quite the looker! Honey, yum-yum!

• Jacob cannot take himself away from the job, can he?

• I love how hype Dani is for Nicole and her date with Kial. That is what sisterhood should be about!

• Vanessa is three sheets to the wind and she is about to be her fourth.

• Wow. What an adult conversation between Ashley and Dani; I like those kinds of moments. And love Ashley throwing the gun incident in Dani's face in a "hee-hee, ha-ha" moment.

• Not Dana eavesdropping and Marcel doing absolutely nothing about it. Great job as security, Marcel.

• Hard to believe this is the first encounter between Eva and Hayley... nice of Eva to extend the olive branch to the con artist child bride to join them.

• Keke Wyatt looks beautiful! However, the singing...? A bit overdone for my liking, but I appreciate her artistry within R&B/soul music.

• Dana may have skulked, but I know she will pounce when the time is less than opportune.

Notes:

• Amazing work by Zimmerman and Tate handling such a cast-packed day. Nothing felt too overpaced or underdone. Everything flowed effortlessly well.

• The introduction of Greg Vaughan's Kial felt natural. He fits right into the cast already. And the chem-testing with Daphnée Duplaix (Nicole) is electric already. They have got it.

• It is cast overload today; it is giving me old-school soap days when we had the collective cast on one central set.

• Walk-on role on a new soap? I see you, Tate! I see you with the drop-in!

• Lauren Buglioli (Lauren) plays the classic soap drunk perfectly well. God, she is a star.

• David Lami Friebe (Izaiah) needs to stop BOBBING HIS DAMN HEAD! It is getting ridiculous at this point.

• The fashion in today's episode is top tier. Everyone looks exquisite, even those who are not necessarily dressed to the nines.

18 minutes ago, ranger1rg said:

-- It's great seeing so many cast members at the event, but this constant call to things off-screen (now there's an ice skating rink!) is annoying.

I had this thought too - the auction, the MC'ing, the ice rink, etc. The outfits are all over the place too, it's so confusing. Otherwise, love the music and getting everyone together. Puts you in the holiday spirit.

I love seeing Greg on-screen though - he already naturally fits.

After weeks and weeks of talk about Winterfest, this was a bit of a letdown. Where was the drama?

1 minute ago, glfaninnyc said:

After weeks and weeks of talk about Winterfest, this was a bit of a letdown. Where was the drama?

In the credits in the end of the episodes. 😂

Did I want WF to be grand and messy ? Yes

I did enjoy today's episode and agree that it flowed very nicely with all the various cast members that did show up.

The standouts fashion wise were Dani, Leslie, Anita, and Hayley .

I like Dr Rollins so far and Greg made the character lived in already if that makes sense.

Im all in with Leslie and Marcel at least for however this game lasts

I really can't believe Winterfest lasted 1 episode LOL. After months of talking about it, planning for it... for 1 episode? Hopefully it just builds to something bigger and bigger each year.

So aside from Hayley drugging Bill, what other stories do we have going on other than couples just being paired up.

And we didn't get to see what was really happening between Vernon/Sharon? So I guess he decided not to go through whatever he was planning to do... or did I miss it after Leslie overheard that quick convo they had?