Yeah... I think it's time for all these potential couples to take the next step in their relationships. I do like the buildup but something more needs to happen. Lucas was practically drooling today 😂😂

Btw, I wonder if there's gonna be a reason why they haven't had Joe explicitly say yet whether or not he's gay.

Charlotte and Valentin are just annoying.

35 minutes ago, AbcNbc247 said:

Btw, I wonder if there's gonna be a reason why they haven't had Joe explicitly say yet whether or not he's gay.

This show treats that like it's some massive mystery. Ridiculous.

The soaps can't make up their minds about how to treat gay characters. So often, we get a gay couple and no one ever comments about them. All their friends and family are fine with all of it. No one in or out of their circle shows an ounce of bigotry. Then we have this with Joe -- seemingly writing him as closeted.

Isn't there some world in between where it comes off as real and authentic? And no, I don't mean what we got with Eva LaRue's Natalia.

The Molly/Lucas/Joe stuff was cute - I'm here for the coupling.

The Charlotte thing is icky. She's a minor and they think it's a good idea to have her record herself in a compromising position with Drew? I feel like they could come up with something else. Her crouching in the car all episode just made me think she is about to blow Drew in the car and I don't think that's the intention haha.

Speaking of, I guess they ditched the Danny/Charlotte coupling? They just seem like friends again.

48 minutes ago, alwaysAMC said:

The Molly/Lucas/Joe stuff was cute - I'm here for the coupling.

The Charlotte thing is icky. She's a minor and they think it's a good idea to have her record herself in a compromising position with Drew? I feel like they could come up with something else. Her crouching in the car all episode just made me think she is about to blow Drew in the car and I don't think that's the intention haha.

Speaking of, I guess they ditched the Danny/Charlotte coupling? They just seem like friends again.

I was a little confused as to how Charlotte's plan would work. It lines up with most of her idiotic plans. I can't even see how this would succeed in any capacity.

Didn't Drew hand his keys to the valet meaning the valet would get it for Drew when he's done? Plus she set up her phone in plain view in front of the car-not hidden at all. Is it recording the entire time? Is she going to wait all day? Did she think Drew wouldn't see it if he got into his car? And once Drew gets in the car is she going to jump on top of him or something?

-- Not only is Charlotte's plan stupid, I can't get over Drew driving an SVU that isn't a luxury vehicle or new.

-- Lucas being so blind and ignorant about Joe is awful writing. Then we have him and Molly using the word "radar" because the writers are afraid to use "gaydar."

-- Cameras gave us closeups of Dante's straight butt, but God forbid we'd see a closeup of Joe's or Lucas's gay ass.

20 minutes ago, ranger1rg said:

-- Not only is Charlotte's plan stupid, I can't get over Drew driving an SVU that isn't a luxury vehicle or new.

It's actually hilarious since the show went out of there way to say everyone in town drove a black luxury SUV after Jordan's accident. Drew didn't get the memo.

I guess that is the trend now but all those Jackal podcast thumbnails are very "graphic design is my passion."

1 hour ago, DRW50 said:

I guess that is the trend now but all those Jackal podcast thumbnails are very "graphic design is my passion."

It's pretty dreadful.

5 hours ago, ranger1rg said:

-- Cameras gave us closeups of Dante's straight butt, but God forbid we'd see a closeup of Joe's or Lucas's gay ass.

Can someone explain to me why the show is still doing these Dante/Liz scenes? Not only do the two of them have no romantic spark, they don't even have the kind of believable friend chemistry that you could build a friends-to-lovers storyline upon.

I find it especially frustrating because there's a part of the canvas where Dante absolutely should be right now: mixing it up in the middle of the otherwise-dull Brook Lynn/Chase storyline. He has some chemistry with Brook Lynn, and the two of them live under the same roof, so they should be having a lot of scenes together. Just imagine the drama you could get out of it if Dante took her side, reassuring her that Jordan was at fault for the accident and telling her that Chase was a fool to leave her. And that could lead to all kinds of juicy conflict between Chase and his boss Dante as well.

7 minutes ago, prefab1 said:

Can someone explain to me why the show is still doing these Dante/Liz scenes? Not only do the two of them have no romantic spark, they don't even have the kind of believable friend chemistry that you could build a friends-to-lovers storyline upon.

I find it especially frustrating because there's a part of the canvas where Dante absolutely should be right now: mixing it up in the middle of the otherwise-dull Brook Lynn/Chase storyline. He has some chemistry with Brook Lynn, and the two of them live under the same roof, so they should be having a lot of scenes together. Just imagine the drama you could get out of it if Dante took her side, reassuring her that Jordan was at fault for the accident and telling her that Chase was a fool to leave her. And that could lead to all kinds of juicy conflict between Chase and his boss Dante as well.

Last year it seemed like they were hinting at Brook Lynn getting close to Dante after Gio's paternity reveal, but that went nowhere. They've barely done anything with Dante being Gio's father. They just waste Dante to the point where sometimes I'm not sure why Frank has kept him around.

13 hours ago, carolineg said:

I was a little confused as to how Charlotte's plan would work. It lines up with most of her idiotic plans. I can't even see how this would succeed in any capacity.

Didn't Drew hand his keys to the valet meaning the valet would get it for Drew when he's done? Plus she set up her phone in plain view in front of the car-not hidden at all. Is it recording the entire time? Is she going to wait all day? Did she think Drew wouldn't see it if he got into his car? And once Drew gets in the car is she going to jump on top of him or something?

Yes! 😂 I meant to say that too, the camera thing especially is the dumbest thing I've seen. You really wouldn't notice a propped up phone in front of your car like that, in broad daylight? And then yes, Drew would go to the valet stand for his keys... the whole thing doesn't make sense.

Credits for Monday, September 21, 2026:

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

Ok I'm glad Scout and Rocco put a stop to Charlotte's dumb plan. And knowing they never planned to let Charlotte go through with her plan, it seems like they were just lazy with the execution - that camera propped up in broad daylight in front of the car, and the key/valet thing - I just can't get over how ridiculous that was.

Also so icky that they had a minor start taking her clothes off. I know the actress is of age, but the whole thing was just icky to me. Glad it's over and now we can finally see Valentin actually parent his bratty child tomorrow.

It was nice to see a calm and endearing Brit today, finally. Those were good scenes with Isaiah.

It would’ve been better if Carly, after intervening, had teamed up with Charlotte to come up with a better plan to humiliate Drew.

Idk, I found the whole idea that only Carly can get through to Charlotte to be annoying. While the dialogue and overall point was fine, it's not as if Lulu couldn't have had a similar conversation with Charlotte. I am not even sure there is much of a correlation between Carly and Charlotte's actions.

Also, why did the valet make such a big deal about the kids being by Drew's car? He couldn't tell them to go away? He had to call the hotel owner lol?

As far as remorseful, sad Britt-it's too little too late. Isaiah doesn't even know the half of it. Britt purposely leaves out life details to get sympathy from him. And I guess she did consider Jason her boyfriend though lol.