I am all caught up again and have a few thoughts to share:

• nü Rachel is a good actor. However, I still do not get the storyline, and I still want to punch the character.

• The harsh blue light, especially at Salem PD, is so artificial and off-putting. I wish they would never use it again.

• Ari and Liam have zero chemistry. ZERO. Hank should have been a Nathan recast because we are going nowhere with Liam real fast.

• Emily O'Brien works better this time around as Gwen than she did the first time, and a Hell of a lot better than she ever did as Theresa.

• Noel Maxam's influence as co-executive producer is evident. You can sense him shifting things, both in terms of production and writing, whereas it felt like Janet Spellman just stuck her finger up herself and prayed something would stick. The difference a true producer makes. I can only hope that he modifies the music, as the decades-old generic music requires a change.

2 hours ago, Liberty City said:

I can only hope that he modifies the music, as the decades-old generic music requires a change.

I’ll be very grateful if he dumps that stupid joke music, and that country twang in the Brady Pub 😂

Everyone loves the 90's in general, so just bring back their old cues and call it a day. The good mid-90's stuff, not the hokey stuff they started using around '97-98. They released a whole album of it (the late 90's cues) but I always wished they had released stuff from a few years prior.

Edited Friday at 09:49 PM3 days by Gray Bunny

3 hours ago, AbcNbc247 said:

I’ll be very grateful if he dumps that stupid joke music, and that country twang in the Brady Pub 😂

The twangy country music at an IRISH pub will never not infuriate me or ruin scenes there.

-- Very good Shawn Douglas and JJ scenes. Why aren't these characters on my screen more often? Good actors who are both very good-looking. Jada and Rafe bungle everything they touch, so we can use a couple cops who aren't idiots.

-- The JJ freezes stuff was a good idea, but the way it was shot was weird and didn't work for me. These guys just aimed guns at each other for 40 seconds?

-- NuRachel is fine. The character is still an insufferable brat, and I wish everyone in her orbit would start treating her like she's a devil with severe character flaws. Have we really seen any growth in this child? I can make the case that she's worse than Sophia.

A long one today. 47 minutes.

But there was a little too much Leo. There always is. I’m so tired of his bs pity parties. I would much rather have seen Dimitri in Alamainia, with Andrew lol or even Javi in Texas. Poor Marlena.

I did enjoy Julie and Jeremy’s scenes though, and that she’s going to make sure that Jeremy gets all of the apologies that he deserves. I’m glad that Days established a relationship between the two of them. But I still feel bad for Jeremy though. He/Michael Roark deserves better than this. But I’m interested in seeing what happens now that he claims to be staying in Salem. And I like that he was there for Stephanie, and that Alex overheard their conversation at the end. Stephanie and Alex have always needed better conflict and I hope that we get it now, even though I have mixed feelings about the spoiler that we got, regarding them.

Rafe and Cat going head to head over EJ wasn’t that bad either. I honestly don’t mind their storyline and the mess that they’re getting into. The biggest problem with this is the characters themselves, IMO. Rafe is just so insufferable sometimes and Cat is just so… ehhh.

I would probably like all of this a lot more if it involved other characters. There’s gotta be someone else who could be a better foil to EJ.

Speaking of EJ, I had mixed feelings about him today. I enjoyed his scenes with Stephanie and I still think that they have some chemistry. And I wouldn’t mind him getting involved in whatever Stephanie may or may not be going through right now. But I wasn’t a fan of him trying to blackmail Paulina. All of that, and everything with Lexie, in general, still just seems so unnecessary.

Well, RIP Vivian… I guess.

I don’t, for a second, think that Vivian is actually dead though. But I’m a little interested in seeing this all play out. The crypt thing itself may have been a little lousy and stupid, and a complete botch of Peter’s return, but I have to admit, I have been enjoying the fallout of it all, and Vivian’s part in it. I like the way that it’s weaved in so many characters and their storylines. Philip’s conversations with Xander, and then with Gabi about her and the effect that she had on Philip’s life weren’t bad either.

Speaking of Xander, I can’t help but feel bad for him every time he walks in on Brady and Sarah. He still needs a better temporary gf though.

And now that Liam’s finally looked hot, I guess that means he’s gonna be looking hot more often now 😍😉😂😂

He and Ari were sweet today again. I still like them together, even though they haven’t exactly set the world on fire. I wouldn’t mind her helping him with his reading now either. Liam choosing not to tell Ari that he has a kid could lead to something interesting happening. And now that Gabi’s met him, and seemed a little suspicious, I wonder if that’s going to end up meaning something too.

And Tate was looking hot too 😍😍😍

Too bad that the pills were giving him some trouble today 😉😂😂

I’m still not a fan of this whole pill thing with Sophia, but Tate having a part in it, and also being very smart about the pills today has made this a little better, IMO, especially if it means that this is gonna get wrapped up soon. He gotta lose that Miami Vice gold chain though. It looks stupid 😂😂😂

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