One more week till the crossover.

58 minutes ago, alwaysAMC said:

I enjoyed Shanice still thinking about Derek - they were great friends.

And yet she prefers someone that doesn't value her (Ted) just like her bestie Ashley prefers Grayson.. who is less than heroic.

It's odd that Derek's death has sort of kick-started Jacob's PSTD... but I have a feeling that with women in charge.. they'll cheapen it by stating that he's only feeling this way because he's too much of a man that refuses to share his feelings while Ashley is doing everything right because she's showing her emotions.. even though she's suffering from only child syndrome and makes everything about herself.

Vanessa always bringing everything back to sex isn't empowering, it's a cry for therapy. Why she always brings the topic back to sex makes me wonder if she has anything of substance to share since she doesn't seem to talk about anything else other than sex or trying to domesticate Joey. Talk about a 50s throwback.

It's nice to see Andre away from his prison warden Dani, who also would benefit from regular visits to a shrink.

Why would you want to tell your ex about having sex dreams about them? It's unnecessary.

3 hours ago, MontyB said:

Vanessa's outfit matches Joey's apartment.

*cackles*

1 hour ago, alwaysAMC said:

I enjoyed Shanice still thinking about Derek - they were great friends.

I definitely like hearing Shanice, Jacob, and Naomi speak their feelings on Derek's death. And I'm all for a PTSD and survivor's guilt storyline for Jacob. I like gritty stuff like that.

That set is awful. An apartment supposedly at that level with no foyer/entrance, a tiny table and chairs in the corner. As for the urn up against the wall....

Everything Vanessa says is total cringe. She's pathetic and disgusting.

I love hearing about how young Derek was... the actor and I were born the same year and I have a 22-year-old.

I'm glad Derek's death is being mentioned and pondered over. Unlike other soaps that pile up the deaths and nobody bothers after a couple of days.

It was morning of a new day but it seemed like the Country Club had nightime lighting.

Those Andre/Chelsea scenes were fine but a whole episode on them at OG's recapping various stories?

I'm going to keep putting it out there-we need to see the characters working/at work-maybe we might see Shanice nursing, Vanessa dealing with her real estate business or Nicole with a patient.

Everyone on this show is so understanding, conciliatory, always up-to-date with therapy speak...

Call me old-fashioned but you need at least 1 conflict in an episode, a couple of characters disagreeing on something.

Joey's apartment is one of my favourite setups. Very sleek and modern. Happy we continue to see it. 😃

12 hours ago, Paul Raven said:

That set is awful. An apartment supposedly at that level with no foyer/entrance, a tiny table and chairs in the corner. As for the urn up against the wall....

I agree. Joey's apartment is just bad on so many levels, punctuated by that high urn. And has the fireplace in the middle of the room already disappeared? 😂

I also agree with you about the Andre and Chelsea scenes. They were good together, but it all went on too long for too many scenes. They don't even have those kinds of conversations with their own partners, and that's especially true of Chelsea.

4 hours ago, Aback said:

Everyone on this show is so understanding, conciliatory, always up-to-date with therapy speak...

Call me old-fashioned but you need at least 1 conflict in an episode, a couple of characters disagreeing on something.

Yeah, the therapy speak is all over the place, and it does get exhausting. When Joey is given that kind of dialogue, it's all gone too far.

And spare me therapist Nicole convincing herself she needs to tell her divorced husband she's having sex dreams about him.

Conflict? It's vital. In yesterday's show, some conflict could have been enough to move the episode from the meh category.

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16 hours ago, kalbir said:

One more week till the crossover.

From the highlights I saw, it looks like it going to be good.

I'm looking forward to it.

Writers:
Michael Montgomery
Cheryl L. Davis

Director:
Michael V. Pomarico

I thought this week's episode of Soapy with Tamara Tunie was enjoyable! I found Greg and Rebecca to be a lot less annoying than usual. They let Tamara talk and tell her story. I could have listened to her for hours. Worth checking out.

Please don't let Leslie crash the ceremony for Jacob. She's become intolerable.