8 minutes ago, Vee said:

"Getting?"

1 hour ago, Liberty City said:

You mean, you don't buy ADA Turner (a.k.a. another 'Brenda clone') being Sonny's true love? Why not? You should! D'uh!

But no, in all seriousness, I know exiting Maurice Benard as Sonny would be a shift and likely have some kind of backlash, but it is something that is overdue. It should have happened when Sonny was in jail with Ava and Julian. That should have been the exit strategy; it's clear he won't play certain storylines and pushes back (and, IMHO, he is not one of those actors who have earned that right).

How is a South Asian Canadian a brenda bot?

14 minutes ago, jasonminer1974 said:

How is a South Asian Canadian a brenda bot?

She looks just like all the rest of them (Sam, Reese, Hannah, Angel, Claire Walsh, lawyer Jordan from the 2000s). Vaguely VM-esque if you squint in the dark.

There is nothing else remotely noticeable or interesting about Turner.

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55 minutes ago, Vee said:

"Getting?"

Fair enough. Lol.

42 minutes ago, jasonminer1974 said:

How is a South Asian Canadian a brenda bot?

Because the actress looks like Vanessa Marcil? She's not even a Brenda bot to be fair. She's lower tier than that.

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Credits for Friday, June 2, 2026:

Created by: Frank & Doris Hursley
Executive producer: Frank Valentini
Head writers: Chris Van Etten and Elizabeth Korte
Writers: Micah Steinberg; Louise Rozett and Cathy Lepard
Director: Gary Tomlin

The Willow/Chase stuff today was pretty sexy. I loved Michael and Jacinda's scheming too, although I did find something very sweet between Michael/Willow in the beginning when she allowed him to have the kids for the 4th picnic.

Always love watching LW and CW work together.

Well it doesn't look like they're going to make Lucas and Joe friends... at least not now. Joe's got a stick up his butt and I want to know what his secret is.

Oh Frenchie looked like he was going to crap his pants there at the end haha.

47 minutes ago, Vee said:

She looks just like all the rest of them (Sam, Reese, Hannah, lawyer Jordan from the 2000s). Vaguely VM-esque if you squint in the dark.

There is nothing else remotely noticeable or interesting about Turner.

19 minutes ago, carolineg said:

Because the actress looks like Vanessa Marcil? She's not even a Brenda bot to be fair. She's lower tier than that.

She’s the closest we have had to an OG Brenda Bot in a long time! And even then, as @carolineg said, she’s not even as memorable as Hannah, or Sam. Or maybe even Angel (although that one was ROUGH to sit through).

At least Turner came alive in those court scenes with the Willow trial. She not a bad actor, she’s just not fit to be paired with the unfortunately still leading man of this show. Same problem with Jacinda!

I'll just say what we all know for the umpteenth time: They are not going to risk their numbers firing Mo until he is ready to retire or becomes impossible to handle BTS, which I doubt would happen at this late date (and even then look at the Kirsten Storms employment program). And I don't blame them for not risking it. I do think the Mo problem can be contained and perhaps improved upon with a) better writing which is not coming, and b) Vanessa Marcil to shoulder his load of story and major airtime for the two of them as a unit, and maybe engage/excite him a bit as he takes the secondary role he is already in.

But Frank doesn't want to do that, so here we are with Sidwell's wife. It's a test pattern.

Mo is capable of waking up a bit BTW. Lynn Herring keeps him jumping these days, they are legitimately enjoyable to watch. I'd play on that old friendship as much as possible in the meantime lol.

6 minutes ago, titan1978 said:

At least Turner came alive in those court scenes with the Willow trial. She not a bad actor, she’s just not fit to be paired with the unfortunately still leading man of this show.

Oh I think she's pretty bad, lol. At least at this kind of material. Maybe in another genre, who knows. She was very good cross-examining Willow but that's an outlier for me vs. what we endure with NC/Turner most days. If they kept her in that barracuda role on recurring and then phased her out I'd be fine with that. But I would most likely dump her so fast it would look like time travel. Claire Walsh would've gotten a more graceful exit than I'd give Justine.

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1 hour ago, Vee said:

I'll just say what we all know for the umpteenth time: They are not going to risk their numbers firing Mo until he is ready to retire or becomes impossible to handle BTS, which I doubt would happen at this late date (and even then look at the Kirsten Storms employment program).

Maybe Willow could stick Sonny with the same needle she stuck Drew with?

Chase 😍😍😍😍

But yeah, I think it's time for Jacinda to go. She was being all judgy with Michael today, yet helping him every step of the way. What? I just don't get the character. It's too bad that they're not gonna go there with her and Kristina.

Btw, are we getting a Lucas/Joe heated rivalry, or a Red, White & Royal Blue-like situation? 😊😊😍