Hands off the eyewear!! (Soaps.com)
This week I get into a little bit of a rant, unlike most of my past "thoughts". This week I felt the show dragged on and I have a lot of unanswered questions. I'm also all over the place this week. Perhaps next week will be better, but for now, please bear with me!! Agree, disagree… this is only in fun, anyway!
The college folk are still in Paris and "Les" is nowhere to be found. Too bad. I liked that character. Most of you forget who he is, I know! Instead, we were subjected to a whack of girls that I could care less about and that we'll never see again. Am I alone in not enjoying this Paris storyline? I've enjoyed the scenes in and around the bistro, but otherwise I wish they'd go home! Melanie and Max shared their upbringings, which gave us more of a background on her (I missed some of this due to issues with my TV that day.) and we can see that she's also keeping a secret. Is it the same one that Nicole's still keeping? Are you still wondering if she's Nicole's daughter? Hopefully the build-up of what Trent really is hiding will have a massive pay-off. While I don't see a need for Melanie, I did like how feisty she was in these scenes with Max. When she's not ungrateful, she's kind of funny and lively. If they're planning on keeping her, I'd like to see them keep the sarcasm but lose the nasty edge.
Stefano was arrested… again, but I'm confused. He was sent to jail before Marlena induced his paralysis/"coma", so why was he let go? Since Salem is getting a mayor, I can only assume that he's behind this and is a "bad guy", pulling strings. Meh. I don't buy it but whatever. He's out, and we can't have our main villain rotting in jail. Besides, he's renovating the manse and I'm curious to see the results! Is he building another secret room?
Rewrites and Revolving Doors
While I can't say for certain, whenever I see a storyline ending too soon, whenever I'm confused about something, I assume they've rewritten it, forgotten what happened in the history of the show or that they're trying to cut short a storyline in favour of another that they feel will work better. After Ed Scott left, I noticed a change and found myself missing his work. Whenever a major player from behind the scenes leaves, the viewers can tell by the firings, hirings and major storyline changes. Case in point with Kristen Renton who plays Morgan Hollingsworth being given a pink slip. Storyline dictated. Linden Ashby (Paul) has also been let go. Paul's going to jail and the show isn't pursuing anything with Phorgan. I liked her and it'll be sad to see her go. I had hopes of finding out more about her family and seeing another sorority house storyline and perhaps find out where her relationship was headed with Philip. Poor Philly! I could think of many other characters that I'd prefer to see gone rather than her. When there is too large of a cast, too many days and weeks go by when we don't see them on canvas and it makes for a 'choppier' storyline, and besides that, Matt and I agree (Matthew Purvis who does the DAYS Thoughts for Soap Opera Fan) that Morgan's one of the few younger girls who doesn't annoy us at all. I'm sure Kristen will get another job without any issues, but I will miss her. Will you? Vote on your thoughts on her exit here. As I add this part to the column, the majority will miss her. We've got 549 people who say they'd like to see her stay with Philip and another 150 who want to see her stay and learn more about her family. This, out of 1038 votes so far!
School's Out Forever?
School should have started by now, so why aren't the campus crew back on campus? I'm confused. Are they all finished with their 4 year degrees?
Dansea
I have to wonder if Chelsea and Daniel are over. I polled our readers and 58% of them said Chelsea should forgive Daniel only for his omission. Do you remember? The majority of people didn't like Chelsea with Daniel since day one. They thought Daniel was much too old for Chelsea. Their age gap has never bothered me in the least. He's so much of a kid himself. Still, I had no time to invest in them and they haven't really been together much, so I'm fine with them being apart. Daniel admits he loves Chelsea though, so there's always a chance of wounds healing. Chelsea took off for Paris. Let's get this out of the way first. Where did she get the money to go on an impromptu trip to France? Does her co-op position pay? And just how much? I graduated from University a few years ago and mine didn’t pay. I had to work four jobs, walk to Uni both ways, uphill… Anyway, Daniel's feeling pretty bad already when Hope decided to stick her nose where it didn't belong (Reminded me of the Shelle/Philip triangle) and asked Daniel why Chelsea left. If Chelsea wanted Hope to know, she'd tell her. Dan said it and I agreed. Stay out of it, Hope. Teaser for you, Chelsea will see Nick and Melanie kissing and will become jealous. The plot thickens.
Kate
Kate's been coughing an awful lot. We're moving into a new storyline with this. That's all I can tell you. I'm seeing a lot of "hate" posts directed at Kate! It's nothing new. Either you love her or hate her. I love her. I love to hate her, and the actress is so completely different from her character, it's insane! Kate's probably the only character who has stayed true to herself all these years. She's strong, she doesn't need a man… has a job, and has her own issues. She gets herself into wicked trouble all the time, so she's entertaining! And the actress is great. But, I tend to wonder if the show will bring Kate and Daniel together. Certainly, those who feel Chelsea's too young for Daniel would enjoy seeing these two together?
Paul Hollingsworth broke out of John's prison. How? Wouldn't it have been great to see him breaking out and then have him hiding in the shadows before he met Morgan? Instead, it felt rushed along, and I felt cheated, as though they were tying up the storyline just to get on with it already. It worked. I now don't care about his storyline, but I am curious. Who was John talking with on the phone about Paul's escape? Couldn't have been Rolf. John has no other friends and nobody but Ava knew that Paul was locked up in the mansion. Or did someone else? Any ideas?
Say goodbye... (Soaps.com)
Chloe gets advice from Maggie and Nicole, which was nice to see. Chloe realized she may not be ready to step into motherhood or a hurried relationship with Lucas and tells him she's not going to the Horton Cabin… (on Smith Island) with him. Understandable, since she's never expressed an interest in children that I can recall, and she and Lucas are so new. Moments later, Lucas and Sami are granted joint custody of Allie, and Sami shows her unreasonable side. Is EJ taking all of this in? Nicole's looking pretty good right about now, isn't she?! Sami spits out that she won't let Chloe help bring up her child, but Chloe has done nothing to warrant Sami's wrath and hypocrisy except for lie for Brady. She didn’t force grown man Brady into drugs, nor did she mess with Philly. Sami needs to G R O W U P. Will someone tell her that, please? Marlena? EJ?
My favorite line comes from Nicole. Favourite "Do they make poopie scoops for babies?" Chloe doesn't appear to want to find out! What does this mean? Will she continue to date Lucas, will Lucas and Sami talk or will Chloe turn to Philly, since Morgan's on her way to Chicago?
Nicole and John should remain friends. They were the highlight of the week. Okay, she was the highlight of the week. She fixed his hair, gave him advice on how to win back Marlena. She's such a great character and seems to have chemistry with the whole cast. John however, has become a shell of his former shell of his old self, if you know what I mean. He has changed and not in a good way. Expect to see more changes from him to come. *wink* Marlena asked John for a divorce. I think at this point, it's a good idea. Notice I said 'this point'. I don't expect that they'll divorce. Instead, I think John's behaviour will change and eventually he will recall his former self. This isn't official. Just my thoughts. I can't believe they had Trent asking her out on a date. Filler?
Nicole / EJ / Sami:
We have two potential couples. Sami's being written her too wishy washy for my taste, lately. Some say she's stringing EJ along. I don't think so. I think she's truly messed up and doesn't know what she wants. So is EJ. Unless he's the one doing the stringing along of these two lovely ladies? He is, after all, the smarmy type. Moments after asking Sami if she regretted their make-out session in the stairwell, he held Nicole's hand against his lips, at the pub, and told her he couldn't get her out of his system. *insert eye roll* Ugh. We've gone from one triangle to another here. Sami has been off canvas for a while, and I had hopes that she'd spill her feelings, whatever they might be, to the always awaiting EJ. No such luck. She has custody of her daughter on her mind so I'll give her a break. EJ has been too busy with his father's situation to really get his act together, but he should take time out for himself to figure out which woman he wants. This storyline needs to wrap up. EJ tells Nicole that he felt as though he was cheating on her when he was making out in the stairwell with Sami, yet I recall him calling out Sami's name when having sex with Nicole, in the elevator. What a turn off. At least Nicole knows what or who she wants. I can respect that. I've been dying for her to tell him off and I got my wish Friday. The noble act is gone and she finally told him to get his 'stuff' together. "I'm losing my patience, so you'd better figure out what you want and sooner, rather than later." Yeah! Go Nicole!
Autism storyline
It's growing on me a little, I guess. The players are good actors and Theo is a cute kid. I thought it was really encouraging that Theo was able to hug Chelsea (so adorable) and that he was able to hear the plane, above, when picnicking with his parents. Abe and Lexi realized they needed to do their best to change their perception so they can better help their son, but when Lexi is comforted by sexy Daniel, Abe goes ballistic. The man can't trust her. He's always been volatile. Thank goodness these are back in therapy, but wouldn't this be a good time for Lex to see Celeste?
Last thoughts… I've noticed that Sami has been sporting distracting eyewear off and on for a few months. I have no problem with glasses except that the ones she has been wearing have gotten in the way of me seeing her eyes. I find myself staring at the eyewear, instead of her face. Is that just me?! Friday's show, she played with them. On. Off. On. Off. Pinch nose bridge. On. Love Ali, but she needs to either keep them on and stop fiddling with them or take them off and leave them in the dressing room. People should notice you, and not your glasses. The glasses should become a part of you, no?
Now that I've given all my thoughts on this week of DAYS, please feel free to vote on my new poll and then tell me what you think of this week! I don't mind if you agree with me or not. I'd love to hear what you have to say, and remember, this is all in fun.
Christine Fix
Editor-in-Chief
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