9 minutes ago, Vee said:

It is beyond me why they brought Lexie back just for this. As baffling as the quickie in and out Peter Blake thing after like 30 years. Unless Lexie comes back as a boss bitch villainess there was never any reason to resurrect her. I don't blame Nikki Crawford who is notably good in other things elsewhere (and it's got me thinking about Keesha Ward over on GH tbh), but the whole premise and scripting for her here suck and make her worse onscreen.

Peter's return and death is especially confusing as there was zero point.

I genuinely do feel like someone at the show is just trying to bring back every Dimera they can, even just for a pop-in.

3 minutes ago, DRW50 said:

I genuinely do feel like someone at the show is just trying to bring back every Dimera they can, even just for a pop-in.

I have no idea if it's a more heightened push of just this regime or also the last several, but the push in the last 5-10 years to try to mainstream the DiMeras as a normal core family with businesses, etc. just has never fully made sense to me. I have never seen the DiMeras as the type to sit around boardrooms talking about their ventures in conventional business storylines or bond about their everyday troubles. It's one thing for E.J., etc. to make power moves and keep up roots in town but it's another to treat them as kind of a shadow version of the Bradys. (And the Kristen recast lasting this long doing nothing much is still crazy to me)

35 minutes ago, DRW50 said:

Peter's return and death is especially confusing as there was zero point.

I genuinely do feel like someone at the show is just trying to bring back every Dimera they can, even just for a pop-in.

Wait a minute, they killed Peter off after the, if you blink, you miss his return.

It's gotta be the current regime. Plus, isn't it an established fact that Corday pretty much gives his head writers free reign?

There's always been a little too much focus on the Dimeras, even before Ron, but I don't think it was ever like this. Having EJ basically poke his finger into every pie isn't helping all that much either.

41 minutes ago, Soapsuds said:

Wait a minute, they killed Peter off after the, if you blink, you miss his return.

Yep. Rolf injected him with something, and then he was dead. At the time, I thought they were implying that he was gonna be brought back sooner or later, but now I'm not so sure.

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What a great opening scene! 😉😍😂😂

I liked seeing Holly and Tate be so sweet today, and that he was there for her when she got sick. I just hope she's not pregnant though. But Holly's a lucky girl... in a lot of ways lol and I'm interested in seeing what's going to happen for her and Tate, especially since Amy is now suing her in civil court. I'm also looking forward to seeing how their storyline is going to be tied to other storylines.

Raven Bowens continued to do a good job today. I still wouldn't have picked this storyline for her and Johnny, but it is really allowing her to show her talents as an actress, once again. I liked the little bonding scene that she had with Theo and Lani too.

Btw, Happy Anniversary Abe and Paulina!

Abe was really sweet today and I felt bad for him. As much of a misfire as this whole storyline is, I do like that James Reynolds gets to have scenes like he had today. It's a really good use of him. But yeah... I still don't care about this whole thing about EJ and Rolf trying to keep Lexie alive. Plus, James has absolutely no chemistry with Nikki Crawford.

As for the ending, I guess that means that

all the speculation about Sydney coming to Salem is actually true.

Nikki Crawford is a bad fit all around. I don't think she has chemistry with anyone in the cast including her friends and siblings. She probably works the best with Theo, but even that chemistry is slightly off.

Count me in as another person who assumed Peter would be back. His death was so quick and random.