I'm hoping to see Darlene hold her own against Leslie mouthing off.

Sooooooo glad Anita is better. Glad to see Peaches. Sometimes I swear the writers read the boards and Reddit. Just look at Ted admitting he neglected Kat and Martin after Anita spoke to him.

original release date: Thursday, March 26, 2026 | writers: Sara A. Bibel, Cheryl L. Davis | director: Steven Williford

Thoughts:

• Is it already time for Anita to go home? Wow... time flew, but I am glad that she is able to return home in much less pain than when she came to Garland Memorial.

• Look! Darlene decided to pop up and introduce herself to the audience. How nice of her to do so, 13 months on!

• A bacterial infection? That is serious, especially since your cancer and chemo have weakened your immune system.

• Peaches is absolutely not having it with Dana's shenangans. Hopefully she can set her straight. Otherwise, the entire world is screwed more than it already has been.

• Welp. I had hoped that Darlene could counteract Elon's own perspective, but it seems like she is fully into the "live by the badge" idea. So disappointing. I was hoping for better from her.

• I appreciate Ted heeding Anita's advice to spend a bit more time with Katherine, and it seems to be helping her attitude, which needs a serious adjustment.

• First Tracy and now Sharon. It is lovely to see the Articulettes show up for Anita during her time of need, and it is lovely to know that their time apart has been healed.

• Not Dana begging for Vernon to allow construction on the shouse to continue. I hope he denies it.

• Darlene, it is not too late to put a stop to this. You are Jacob's mother and Elon's wife; put your damn foot down. Fight against the establishment you were defending earlier.

• "You've made revenge into a design choice." damn! Vernon's words struck her with immense force! Wow. He directly confronted her!

Notes:

• Back-to-back days of Bibel, this time with Davis! Awesome. Never thought I would enjoy her scripts (hated them in her previous gig), but she continues to shine here. And Williford's direction was spot on.

• Lami (Izaiah) has to go. The bobbleheading is still ongoing, and it has been months. I cannot even watch him without feeling the need to be sick.

Good episode today.

I like the Darlene actress already and shes gorgeous

Looks like we're getting another big musician per the credits

1 minute ago, Rmodelboy said:

Looks like we're getting another big musician per the credits

Yeeeah there are still surprises coming up.

1 hour ago, Taoboi said:

singingATTTTTTTTTTTTTT LASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSTTTTTTTTTTT singing

and she dont f with Eva!

Another person to drag Leslie

I think the show has many problems, which are still not unusual for an early soap, and many things I can roast that most other people already have. (I have as well from time to time) I'm giving it its time and I am a devoted viewer, but some weeks it can be a real slog.

Whatever I prescribed for the show to change or fix though - and I'd do many things lol - none of them would involve just taking the show away from MVJ outright, where this has been her dream for decades. You also couldn't get away with that today with the first(?) Black soap creator on American network television, not in this day and age. Not going to happen.

Edited 10 minutes ago10 min by Vee