Days Opinions For The Week Of August 11, 2025

Opinion Article

Is anyone else tired of Belle complaining about EJ only to take him back in the end? We are so sick of listening to Belle go on about how she’s done with EJ only to be with him again. She talked to Marlena about her disgust at EJ for trying to get her taken off Johnny’s case. Belle didn’t want to be on the case so why did she get so mad about it? EJ also wanted her on the case so it didn’t make sense that he wanted the judge to take her off it. We are tired of watching her be indecisive when it concerns him. She needed a fall from grace when he proved he wasn’t her Prince Charming. Belle should have thought twice before getting together with Sami’s ex-husband.

Sarah proved that she could be a b*tch when she wants to be. She used Brady and kissed him to make Xander jealous. Sarah had a lot of nerve getting upset that he was with Gwen when she wanted to take Victoria from him. Xander wanted to have a joint custody arrangement, but Sarah wasn’t having it. Fast forward, and she’s jealous when she thought he had sex with Gwen. Sarah slapped Xander because she thought he didn’t hesitate to jump into bed with Gwen. She claimed she was finished with Xander so it shouldn’t matter to her that he was with her. Abuse isn’t okay just because a female hits a man. We are here for drama, but their heated exchanges aren’t exactly must-see-TV. Their exchanges are more like fast forward material.

Most of the week was focused on two stories. One story is Johnny’s trial. The other story is Tate wanting to see his daughter, and Sophia scrambling to keep him from finding out about their baby. We’ll start with Johnny’s trial. It’s been a long time since we’ve seen a trial. That is the type of story that usually holds our interest. We give the writers a thumbs up for making the story an umbrella storyline. A lot of characters are involved in the trial storyline. There are a couple of characters serving on the jury which was a nice touch. EJ and Belle were ruthless during the trial. They got the people on the stand to admit to things that they didn’t want to come out. We enjoyed watching the courtroom scenes. EJ and Belle weren’t afraid to be ruthless towards each other and their witnesses. He showed that he’s a true DiMera. Let’s take it back a step. Under hypnosis, EJ realized that his shooter was a female. He wanted to figure out who the person was that shot to get Johnny off the hook. EJ and Gwen tried to deduce who the shooter was. There are quite a few women who could have shot him. Belle, Kristen, Chanel, and Sami’s names were tossed around. EJ and Gwen felt like Marlena knew who the shooter was and wanted to protect her. Knowing that information, narrowed down the suspect list. Johnny and Chanel were concerned that the new information would make her look more guilty. Chanel was willing to get punished to keep Johnny from going to prison. Johnny wanted to protect her so he went to his father to ask him not to throw Chanel under the bus to get him out of prison. EJ didn’t listen to him. He played the video of her threatening him. Johnny was livid that he did that to his wife when he promised he wouldn’t. He did the only thing he thought he could do in the situation. Johnny fired EJ. EJ was upset that he fired him. We like how the case brought the mystery back in the storyline. It seemed like the writers forgot about the shooting once Johnny and Chanel got back together. We are curious to find out who the person was that shot Johnny and allowed him to go to trial without saying anything. Hopefully the writers will surprise us and not make the shooter be Rita.

As we said, the other storyline that was heavily focused on was Sophia’s storyline. Sophia got Melinda’s help to write a letter to keep Tate away from the baby. Tate became obsessed with reaching out to the adoptive parents. He didn’t want to be a father to the child and now that Sophia’s given birth, he suddenly wanted to see the baby. Tate could have agreed to raise the child and didn’t have to walk away from the baby. It’s obvious that Tate’s suddenly concerned because Sophia had to look like the bad guy in the storyline. Tate didn’t want the baby either, or they could have raised their baby together. It’s a different type of storyline for the show. The baby storyline gives the audience a chance to see the teens in a storyline that would include the adults. We don’t think we could stomach the storyline if it just featured the teens.

Why do the writers insist on trying to shove Cat and Chad down our throats. We never seen such a blatant attempt to make the audience like a character. Cat is very boring, and there aren’t enough rewrites possible to make her interesting. She kissed Chad, and he chose not to tell her about it. It was supposed to be a sexy moment where we see the chemistry between them. It didn’t work because there was nothing sexy about them. They don’t have any chemistry with each other. Their scenes make us want to grab the remote and fast forward their scenes.