11 minutes ago, carolineg said:

I'll chime in with my opinion lol. I thought Connor was fine. Too soon to tell, but I didn't notice any immediate issues.

Oh, please do. I really appreciate your opinion on this as someone who doesn't watch Y&R so have never seen Connor's work. I hope he does win you over. Though I know BF is a hard act to follow.

I do feel since he did put in the study time off comments above, that he might do the acting technique...which I have loved in some soap recasts...of studying a bit of his predecessor, miming it a little bit, but slowly make the character into his own.

10 minutes ago, Taoboi said:

Oh, please do. I really appreciate your opinion on this as someone who doesn't watch Y&R so have never seen Connor's work. I hope he does win you over. Though I know BF is a hard act to follow.

I do feel since he did put in the study time off comments above, that he might do the acting technique...which I have loved in some soap recasts...of studying a bit of his predecessor, miming it a little bit, but slowly make the character into his own.

To be fair I am not the biggest Billy Flynn stan. I like him, but he's not irreplaceable in my mind so I am more open to it.

21 minutes ago, Liberty City said:

I think you will like Conner Floyd. Different vibe from Billy Flynn, but he's got the chops.

So far so good. Nothing felt awkward or weird from him. I do miss Cary Christopher as Thomas more lol.

on Y&R, Conner was paired with ladies of two different age groups - Sharon Case and Allison Lanier. I thought he was charming with both, but the writing was stilted. He did the best he could with the writing they gave him. Y&R didn't seem to know what to do with Conner, and his character.

Conner came in as a recast -- coming onto the canvas at the point where his character was a cop who'd been away for months abroad as military police or soldier or special ops (something along those lines) who was rescued from a long captivity, and came home-- -- -- first appearing on the canvas as he arrived home from the rescue with PTSD and a distancing from his character's then wife (played by Melissa Ordway) -- but he was written to * not * have chem with his wife due to PTSD.

Then they made him a cop, then randomly a businessman, then a cop again, while developing the other romances. But it was all written awkwardly, like they were plugging the character into plotholes to fill story. He did well, it was just awkward writing.

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Well tbf before the recent recasts, Chance was always a good guy cop hero guy in his earlier version. And military. So him falling into a cop role (versus the abrupt businessman attempt) made sense.

17 minutes ago, carolineg said:

To be fair I am not the biggest Billy Flynn stan. I like him, but he's not irreplaceable in my mind so I am more open to it.

:)

A Lani/Kristen reunion!

As much as I can't stand Kristen sometimes and still think she needs to be written out, I've always enjoyed this friendship. It shows a different side of Kristen that we don't often see. It was nice seeing them get all caught up. Too bad that she went back to being annoying again as the episode went on. I don't care about her plan with Sophia at all.

A large part of today's episode was also devoted to the fallout of Xander and Kate setting Johnny up. In spite of Josh Taylor's voice lol I liked seeing him and Kate going head to head again. I thought it was a pretty good showdown, and I'm looking forward to when the truth finally comes out. Roman, bringing up Kate's devotion to her family and how that devotion has sometimes hurt other people was a good idea. That's how you use history. I also didn't mind Marlena questioning Xander about it either. She definitely needs to be included more in this storyline, just based on the fact that Johnny is her grandson. I'm interested in seeing what happens to all these characters as the storyline progresses. Hopefully, the lawsuit actually goes to court too.

Plus, based on Johnny and Chanel's scenes today, it looks like he may need his grandmother sooner or later.

And I'll always enjoy Brady/Tate scenes. They're so believable as father and son. I expected Tate to decide to drop out of Salem U but I have mixed feelings about his plans though. As nice as it would be to see him working as a personal trainer/martial artist lol I don't see how they could get any conflict or drama out of that. And he and Holly need a much better storyline than anything involving Sophia anyway.

1 hour ago, AbcNbc247 said:

As nice as it would be to see him working as a personal trainer/martial artist lol I don't see how they could get any conflict or drama out of that.

Who cares as long as we see Tate like this? I'm all for his new venture!!😂😍

It would make more sense for Tate to join Brady at Black Patch. I know neither are the sharpest, but at least there are story options for them with that.

4 hours ago, Soapsuds said:

Who cares as long as we see Tate like this? I'm all for his new venture!!😂😍

Oh, that goes without saying 😉

Even when Days is boring/bad, there’s always something worth seeing 😂😂

This kinda feels like a Noel Maxam shift to me. I don’t remember them ever using Leo Howard’s martial arts background as a part of Tate’s storyline.

I mean, if Tate also had a background in martial arts, he could’ve used those skills on Doug III 👊🏻👊🏻😂😂😂

2 hours ago, carolineg said:

It would make more sense for Tate to join Brady at Black Patch. I know neither are the sharpest, but at least there are story options for them with that.

I can still see that happening, at some point 😂

Conner's Chad's first scenes with the Hortons.

They were actually the best part of today. And just like on Tuesday, I feel like Conner Floyd played it in a similar way that Billy Flynn would have. I still say it would've been nicer if we had seen Chad's actual reunion with Julie though. Based on their scenes today, it seems like Chad and Julie's relationship is going to continue and it really should. Their friendship has always been so nice. And I liked that Chad was there for Jeremy too. It really is too bad that they aren't going to work together that much. But I am looking forward to Chad's reunion with Jack and Jennifer.

I liked that Julie was there for Jeremy too. But I have mixed feelings about Jeremy being the one that's

bringing Joy back to Salem. Like, what's the point of this if he's leaving?

Unfortunately, the rest of today was kinda boring. It wasn't particularly bad, except for Leo, who just came off like a creepy stalker again, but nothing else really interested me that much. Even Stephanie finally having scenes with her parents didn't do much for me, even though Stephanie finally getting a gun could lead to something interesting happening. There did seem to be a lot of foreshadowing in their scenes today.

And I hope we get to see Javi's new bf at some point, if he actually has one.

If Stephanie accidentally kills Jeremy I am done with Days again.

6 minutes ago, Efulton said:

If Stephanie accidentally kills Leo I am watching Days again.

fixed!😁😊

3 minutes ago, Soapsuds said:

fixed!😁😊

😂 Correct.

It was odd Steve gave Stephanie the gun without her actually knowing how to shoot it. I know he went over a million safety things beforehand, but it's still a gun in her house. It's also weird Alex wasn't there because, again, it's a gun in their house!!!

20 minutes ago, Soapsuds said:

fixed!😁😊

Ok that could me watching. 😀

One year of Paula/Jeanne. And I gotta say... things can be a lot better than what they are right now.

They started off strong and the change that they brought to Days was really, really needed. But since then, they've gotten a little boring at times and made some wrong/pretty stupid decisions, some of which were clearly choices. And it's too bad, because there are a lot of things that I'm liking about Days right now, and there's so much potential for good storylines and conflicts that could play out for months, or even years. They, and everybody BTS at Days just need to do more. Lots more. And further use the characters that fans actually want to see. And realize that when they present themselves with a good idea, they should run with it, regardless of any budget or BTS issues. There are plenty of ways to tell a good story without a big budget, as we've seen on Days before lol.

The one thing I will give them, without question, is that Days is no longer being written by someone who uses it to project his own endless supply of issues on to everybody and everything. And that's a good thing, regardless of how bad or boring an episode is.

As for today's episode, welcome back, Joy... I guess.

I figured this dangling plotline needed to be addressed at some point, but I have mixed feelings about it. She/AlexAnn Hopkins got a really raw deal the last time she was on the canvas, and I'm interested in seeing how she's gonna be used this time and what may happen to Alex and Stephanie in the process. And I hope we find out the reason why Joy's first run was so clunky and messy. But at the same time, this baby thing feels so unnecessary, in general. The whole reason this kid even exists is because of Ron's obsession with RSW, and that totally handcuffs that, IMO. And there are much, much better ways to cause conflict for Alex and Stephanie that have nothing to do with Joy, as we've been seeing lately. And like I said in the spoiler thread a while back, I could probably get behind this if

Jeremy wasn't leaving.

Hopefully, Stephanie turns to somebody else as a result of this storyline. EJ? Xander? Philip? Anybody.

And welcome to Days, nuVictoria!

Both Sarah and Xander were really sweet with her. And I wouldn't mind her somehow playing a part in Xander and Sarah's inevitable reunion somehow. And yeah, this is a nitpick, but why is that big kid still in a stroller? 😂😂

I did like Xander going head to head with Marlena over Basic Black though. I completely understand why Marlena doesn't want to work with Kate anymore lol but I'm curious to see what's going to happen for Marlena/the company now. And also, what's going to happen when she finds out that she was named a beneficiary in Stefano's will.

As for Kristen and EJ, their fight was ok. And the slap was pretty good too. The biggest problem with all this was just Kristen and EJ, in general. I would've liked their fight a lot more if they had involved any characters other than them.