30 minutes ago, GLATWT88 said:

Oh absolutely! I was stating more a personal preference. If I make it at home, I like a nice crispy crust on top, especially if it is made in a casserole. Like if it was stovetop Mac and cheese, then fine.

Yes, my Grandma used to make it with the top very crispy. Yum.

1 hour ago, Taoboi said:

I have such mixed feelings about the Madison lawsuit. I liked the Bill/Naomi team-up. And I liked Chels ran to them to decide what she should do in light of the video. I found the video thing highly realistic since in today's culture...there can't be any kind of violent action without someone recording. And it's also realistic that Kat would be worried for the ChelesaKat brand. So I don't mind this beat played. But for all the great scenes in this episode with the Hamiltons...how can I truly get invested if the Madison lawsuit is going to be off-screen? In fact, it all just feels off-screen.

Also intrigued by Tomas and Smitty comparing notes on Lynette. Keeping Lynette's presence and the ticking timebomb of Hayley being exposed alive is definitely the right move. And keeps up suspense.

Well, I can't say that they aren't playing the beats of Nicole's feelings for Ted returning. I don't like it at all. But I respect that they are playing it. And I liked the Vanessa/Nicole scene simply because Vanessa felt like VANESSA there for a second and not a whiny girl. Did I mention I'm happy to see Nicole? But if they are going this route...I wonder where this places Carlton and especially Kial.

In regards to Chelsea, the show has kind of done a disservice to her character since day 1, she almost feels like an afterthought to the writers most of the time. When compared to her contemporaries (Kat, Eva, Naomi), she's under written and under developed as a character.

There are moments I get excited when she finally gets some focus (the trople flirtation, the obsessed Allison arc, the hostage arc), but the show doesn't seem good at writing the aftermath of her brief arcs. The only thing I can assume is that Chelsea's lightening quick relationship and engagement with Madison is a form of PTSD, but she and Madison have gotten little development as a couple nor as individual characters.

Lynette was the sparkplug needed, but now that she's vanished.. the Hayler arc is stalled though at least her presence did reveal some of the motivation for Lia joining the ring (because all her money was stolen).

In regards to Nicole, she divorced Ted quickly without truly processing everything that had happened between them. Partly due to Nicole trying to be the sensible and logical Dupree and also to not be like her sister Dani, a doormat when it comes to Bill. Now that time has passed since the divorce, Nicole is now starting to process what she truly was feeling and I'm going to guess this will either be a way for to put her marriage to Ted in the past.. or the start of the two slowly working their way back to one another.

I see a lot of opinion online that the Impaler is either Carlton or Kial. Greg Vaughan appears far too infrequently, so that's a shrug if he's named.

Carlton? Eh...I wish I could get excited about that reveal. Ideally, this disclosure should be shocking, and Carlton wouldn't be. The truth is that the entire plasma story has been so badly written that I don't care all that much.

If Carlton is named, doesn't that mean he's off the show? MVJ seems to show a lot of loyalty to actors/characters whether they're working or not. Characters on soaps have been getting away with crimes for decades, I know, but we already have Joey and Leslie getting away with a ton. I just want whoever this Impaler is to be off the show.