original release date: Friday, February 27, 2026 | writers: Naalie Minardi Slater, Jazmen Darnell Brown | director: Steven Williford

Thoughts:

• For once, I am on Dana's side. Take down the self-centred, spoilt bitch and put her into the place where she belongs since no one else has the hutzpah to do it themselves.

• Hello, Dr Monica McCormack! You look professional and fun at the same time. I hope you do make more appearances in the coming months.

• Looks like Nicole is having some conflicting feelings and that feels beyond natural, especially after as long a marriage as she had with Ted. And she loves them both? Love?!

• I hope that Dana's feelings towards Izaiah and his relationship with Eva are genuine and real for them and not in some kind of pull for her attempts to lure Elon into her cobweb.

• Ugh. She needs to shut the fück up. Her overdramatic reaction(s) and inability to not see beyond her own need for attention, etc., are gross and off-putting.

• Ted continuing to have no time for Dana gives me the giggles. I love it. Was he down that bad back in the day that he was willing to sleep with her? No one less... psychotic around?

• Looks like Eva's conscience is beginning to kick back in regarding Dana's involvement in Laura's accident. Come on, Eva, finally do the right thing and let someone know what happened.

• Chelsea has some nerve? CHELSEA HAS SOME NERVE? If Dana needs someone else to run off the road, I know the exact person she can aim for and succeed with this time.

• Yes, Nicole, show Dana exactly who she is messing with. We love to see it. The claws are coming out!

• Poor Vanessa looks like she would rather walk back out of Uptown than deal with her client. And I do not blame her. At all.

Notes:

• Yes! It is a Slater day and she is paired with Brown. Yes. Yes. Yes. This is a WIN!

• Oh my God. What the Hell happened to production? The post-production for today's episode is cold as Hell. I wonder if it was a one-off error. At least I hope it was, because this visually looks bad.

• The coffee shop set has a place called 'A Place to Wine'. I would not mind seeing that at some point this year.

I'm getting tired of both Leslie and Kat. Leslie used to be fun but now she's become annoying with the same over-the-top antics day after day. Kat is just written in such a spoiled brat way that I can't root for her even though I understand why she hates Leslie/Eva. At some point, you just have to move on and let it go. You can still hate them and not trust them, but stop putting yourself in their business. Just walk away.

The Smitty/Naomi scenes today. I appreciate the moments to show how the undercover work of Jacob will effect Naomi, especially if Smitty was in on it and kept secrets too.

I was pretty meh on today's episode overall.

I saw a post on social media showing a picture of Kat and a picture of Anastasia, saying she is Kat in 20 years. I thought that was LOL because I see it.

I remember a scene where Anita briefly talked with Eva and didn't hold SPS/Leslie being her mother against her.. and she had a look of compassion. It also told me that she remembers being from the 'wrong side of the tracks' and views Eva differently than her elitist daughter (Dani) and grand-daughter do (Kat).

Seeing Kat reminds me of the movie 'The First Wives Club' where the three women turn against one another and become the very thing that they're fighting against. I'm seeing Kat is making herself look like the bad guy while Eva is looking innocent in comparison. Kat... don't be a Tamra Judge, just give SPS/Leslie & Eva enough rope to hang themselves.

Kat was so over the top nasty to Chelsea and it's not even possible to root for this character anymore.

Speaking of nasty, Kat comes by it easily because Nicole was pretty rude to Ted when he asked about Anita. Even if Ted is divorced from Nicole, Anita is still his children's grandmother and he's not wrong for not wanting to be kept in the loop. But I think Nicole's anger is more about the fact that Ted is moving on and not begging her for another chance.

Iona Morris is a good casting choice. One of those actors that is not a huge name but is recognizable from decades of guest spots on shows.