5 hours ago, Soaplovers said:

Ashley and Greyson aren't exactly super-couple material, but I will say that for a first day.. the two do seem to have a rapport and we'll see if this will lead to anything or not.

I think it's great they're giving JJ a chance despite what anyone else thinks. I'm rooting for her.

How can this show cast 3 time daytime Emmy winner, Cady McClain in her first originated role in daytime and do NOTHING with Pamela Curtis? Pamela is a blank slate. Write for her.

Edited 1 hour ago1 hr by John

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First of all, I see CBS is at it again with their player so I hope Tuesday is up and running before I head to work tomorrow cuz I wanted to see Jordi.

That said...just did my rewatch and it holds up so much better on a second viewing. Not that the first viewing was bad. I feel like this week has been the first non-holiday related week in a while where it just flowed. I didn't feel anything was too jarring (outside of Andre's insecurities) and as I love to say...an A or just main story with other stories surrounding it. I hope this new week is more of the same.

It's just the layers I've seen with the Anita's Cancer storyline. I already immediately side-eyed Anita at the start of the episode because she's already trying to push Vernon away. I thought Tracy's and Bill's talk would have gotten through to her, but yet there she was. And I just feel that's going to grow. Not helped by the coda of Vernon not immediately telling her about Dani's diagnosis.

Then you have the testing of Dani and Nicole. I loved how it was drawn out all week and allowed to breathe. And yep. Like most of all, I just assumed it was going to be Nicole, too. Even though I KNOW I want to see her in her triangle with Carlton and Kial and not medical drama. So I liked she was negative. Which made Dani being positive that much more shocking. I'm not sure how I feel about it. Is this a way to make Dani less dynamic? Or a way to make Dani more of a damsel in distress between Bill and Andre? That were my first concerns and worries. I definitely want to see where it goes. Just...worried.

And I'm also curious to see where all of this is going with Jacob and Naomi. Cuz it feels like it's going to go somewhere. Cuz Naomi is being like how Anita is being with Vernon...pushing him away. For the first time, I wondered if Jacob and Naomi would even be together by the end of the year. I know...soap long-term. I guess I'm happy to see the good guy/good girl couple have some drama coming up that doesn't feel like it will come to an abrupt end. But their current drama feels choppy to me.

Happy to see Chels and Kat make up. But with the reveal that Nicole is negative and Kat is in the clear...I immediately wonder what beat they will play with her.

Drunk Nicole was a good view of the character being vulnerable. It is very wasted with Carlton, though and he sort of faded a bit in those scenes because he's still underdeveloped.

Vernon was barely acting like a father in this episode and his attitude was nonchalant when Anita was upset with him for not telling her about Dani. Dani is his daughter too, but he is very caught up in the "Anita Show" as he called it.

For the first time Elon acted like a decent father and not like a chastising, judgemental pain.