Extremely here for them going back to Jacob and Kat. He may be genially bland at best but he has real spark with her and works well as a straight man for her, unlike Tomas. They have to know about the response to these two last year so hopefully it leads somewhere this time, even if I don't think it should be an endgame for Kat.

3 hours ago, GLATWT88 said:

I honestly would have preferred Kat and Eva to be going for the same guy, but Tomas was a dud and well I don't know what Izaiah is giving at this point.

Half-sisters that don't like each other and then fight over a guy is a classic soap element.

Writers:
Anthony Lucente
Danielle Paige

Director:
Steven Williford

original release date: Wednesday, June 3, 2026 | writers: Anthony Lucente, Danielle Paige | director: Steven Williford

Thoughts:

• Not one but TWO nights at the Bowman?! THAT IS RIGHT!! GET IT!! I love that for them!! Cousin Emerson? A good cover story.

• Not Tyrell sniping like this. Whew. And the Richardson-Smith household is back!! Wow. Poor Bradley is just overstimulated, and I am with him. I would have the same, exact reaction! Everyone OUT!

• I am genuinely hopeful that Monica could be named chief of staff at Garland Memorial. I feel like she would boost morale at the hospital and bring some real warmth.

• Poor Eva, pulled so thin that she is spiraling. And poor Alan having to put up with Dana's manipulations. But what is not being is ridiculous over Derek's passion. It is realistic.

• Aw, I love that Ted is giving this sound advice to Eva. I really hope that this helps her in dealing with her grief over Derek.

• I appreciate seeing Naomi try and sweeten the deal with Monica taking on the chief of staff position.

• I love that Ted is also making time for Martin. I love seeing their father-son relationship grow and develop. It is beyond time at this point.

• Not Chelsea and Katherine calling out Samantha's crush on Donnell, and of course the former would not be surprised about Donnell's crush on her. That was cute. But the last time Katherine gave advice... whew. Dumb.

• Ouch. Bradley is still wound up tighter than a watch. And it looks like Naomi has some got words to have with him. This will not be pretty, will it?

• I think it is sweet of Eva to go to Shanice. I think that was a smart move for her.

• I love that Anita cut Nicole off. She is fine knowing they had the kind of sex life they had, but she does not need the details. 🤣

• So sweet of Shanice to share those details and memories of Derek with Eva. This could be a friendship worth developing. I could see them being genuine friends.

• Jessica and Tyrell really need to grow up in their mindsets, because right now, neither of them are thinking clearly about the future of their relationship.

• Bow chika-bow-wow! Get it, Bradley and Martin! Get your sexy time on!

• A ChelseaKat bag named after Samantha? That was sweet. Real sweet.

• I like that Monica is willing to take on the position while maintaining her cases outside of the hospital. We love seeing this. This could be a really promising future.

• Anita continues to clock Nicole about being in denial over her feelings where Ted is concerned. That is momma Dupree speaking.

Notes:

• One of Lucente's better breakdowns. They need to bring this level of quality to every single script they touch because this was better than their last few.

• Some awesome character developments happening in today's episode. I really enjoyed it.