-- I'm glad Maxie is back, but I don't think I'm ready for more Spinelli. In face, I know I'm not.

-- Brook Lynn really needs to mind her own business. So judgemental. Like an Amish mother.

-- Van Hansis has been flaming it up the past couple days.

-- Rory Gibson. Wow. I never get tired of looking at him.

12 minutes ago, ranger1rg said:

-- Rory Gibson. Wow. I never get tired of looking at him.

Same

Ugh!!! SHUT UP, CHASE!!! I wish they would follow on the baby issue to cause a rift between him and BLQ and not just him being a sumptuous a$$.

I said it before and watching Molly with Ric (mmmm Ric mmmm) and Lulu with Laura and making me want to say it again...

...if THESE are the couples the show will be focused on writing for this year...this is going to be a loooooooooooooooong year for me.

14 minutes ago, Taoboi said:

Ugh!!! SHUT UP, CHASE!!! I wish they would follow on the baby issue to cause a rift between him and BLQ and not just him being a sumptuous a$$.

My fear/hunch: if/when Chase and Willow get horizontal, Chase is gunna be stunned as hell when he learns he actually got ol' Will pregnant, lol.

1 minute ago, Khan said:

My fear/hunch: if/when Chase and Willow get horizontal, Chase is gunna be stunned as hell when he learns he actually got ol' Will pregnant, lol.

OMG! I've been so busy imagining them doing it in front of Drew that I didn't even think of that. That would be delicious.

@Antoyne here we go again...

2-6

That was such an uneven week, but thank God the writers pivoted.

I have mixed feelings about the Anna storyline. Though thank you for the BTS tea above which might explain some of what's going on with that storyline. I didn't like that Anna escaped off-screen. Especially after setting up that superb cliffhanger. And as much as I love FH, we know that I am over whiny Anna. So her being crazy like that in front of Felicia, Mac, and Emma...all of whom I was happy to see...was just too much. I agree that it was well-acted...especially the coda with Emma being pulled out by Felicia as the orderlies subdued Anna. It's just not...JUST NO.

Everyone continues to be right. I'll say this much...these writers seem to be intent on focusing on couples so a small victory for this show since couples are lacking. But to focus on the couples they have when there are better ones on the canvas. Just lackluster. I did enjoy that I got a Laura/Lulu scene and Ric/Molly scene out of the couple propping going on. But I'm dead set against Lulu/Nathan. And the wacka wacka writing for Molly/Cody...which I already have issues with due to TJ...will eventually put them on mute with Tracy/Martin. That said...happy this lack of good coupling resulted in Ric asking Liz out. @Antoyne , but the show pivoted back to the Michael/Willow/Drew mess which has continued to be THE show. Everything else on this show might be doing a stall...whether it's in the show's control or not...but that story is just trucking right along and being crazy, twisty, soapy and most importantly MESSY. Who would have thought it???

Which brings me to my highlight...Willow's reveal. YASSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!! I was right! The moment she lost her kids is the moment Drew lost Willow. And the delusion was pouring off her eyes in those reveal scenes. Katelyn Mac had so many scenes this week where she was having a ball. Her basically blackmailing Alexis with Scout. Her playing in soooooo many people's faces. The classic soap near-miss with Chase. She never recovered from losing it at the wedding and it's been shown to the audience for MONTHS so to see it on screen again. MORE, PLEASE. I WANT MORE. I am loving to hate her and I can't wait for her comeuppance or for it to get even more twisted when Drew inevitably starts moving. But will that before she jumps Chase or...

Chase...I just hate now. lol. Still nice to look at cuz those blue jeans he had on at Bobbie's...lol. But he is so stupid. He should have left well enough alone, but he keeps being a brat. Getting in Molly's face. Getting in Dante's face. At least being smart enough to NOT get in Michael's face again...hehe. But he fell into Willow's trap. I can't wait to see him undone.

I liked that Jason told Sonny about what Britt told him, too. I really don't know where this can go given recent news. I think we already know the writers were adamant about this storyline going until May Sweeps. Hopefully, recent news will rush that timetable. I have mixed feelings about it. I also clocked what everyone else mentioned a few days ago about the reduced airtime for Sonny and Carly. And it's odd that Sonny is doing nothing against Sidwell and the blackmail. And the fact that the blackmail is against Laura feels like a weak excuse when you remember that Sonny put AJ on a hook and just killed Wagger over one of his kids a few years (wow it's been that long) ago. Placeholding and stalling. I don't mind it, but I assume that either Sonny or Jason...who appears to be the dominant presence and willing to end the story like yesterday...will be the ones taking out Random WSB Guy, Sidwell, and Faison? Meanwhile, Carly's Revenge has lost all momentum, replaced by wacka wacka antics with Val. Le sigh. I think the only thing of seriousness...well for Sonny and Carly...was the very real scenes with Michael about the custody. And I felt they back in character.

And that makes the pivot later in the week so funny. Because I saw potential all over the place. The ticking time bomb of Trina and Kai on Willow. I have no use for Jacinda, but I found her scenes with Kristina and Erza intriguing. Dante vs Britt was unexpected...like the Liz/Dante scene which I liked. Not to mention the continuing Portia mess which was dangling around the last set of this week's episodes. A lot of moving pieces that was more fun and I wouldn't mind touched on. In character, of course.

On 2/13/2026 at 10:09 AM, carolineg said:

I understand why people like Isaiah, but he does nothing for me as a character. I find him boring and it's not really his fault. Obviously the writers don't care enough to develop him.

In theory I would say he and Jordan would make a good couple, but I feel like that would be a ticket straight off screen. At least Kerr can act and is a stronger scene partner for him.

I think the issue with Isaiah is the same one they have with Kai. They just think, “Let’s bring on these two Black men and let them do the work.” However, like you said about Isaiah, both of them are underdeveloped on their own. I mean, let’s see Kai hanging out with Gio, confiding in him, etc., as well as learning more about his family. They could develop a friendship between Isaiah and Lucas and have him do the same—open up about his own issues too.

And regarding the baby, I allow it because the last time a Black child was born on this show, Felicia Minei Behr was producing All My Children and George H.W. Bush was president. Although I wish that child was on the canvas in Isaiah’s place.