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Opinion Article

by Michele & Cheryl

We have to scratch our heads when we watch EJ on the show. What are the writers doing with his character? Do they want us to love him or hate him? He didn’t want Arnold (Fake Rafe) to be with Jada because of what he did to Sami when he was around the first time. It’s good that he didn’t want that to happen a second time. Thumbs up to EJ for wanting to do the right thing. With that said, he dragged Rafe to the tunnels at the DiMera mansion to clean up Arnold’s mess. He felt like Rafe got what he deserved because he wouldn’t leave the mansion when he wanted him to go. Rafe was dumbed down in that moment, but this rant is about EJ. Do the writers want us to be confused about him? He needs to make up his mind about what he wants to do. For example, he kept Rafe in the tunnels and gave him access to his phone. What type of villain would do something like that? He definitely should have taken his phone from him. Jada could have figured out what happened. We know that was wishful thinking, but she might have realized that Rafe was missing. EJ can’t have it both ways. He can’t turn a blind eye when Arnold pursues Jada and then warn him not to do anything with her.

It’s time to shift gears and rant about someone else. Joy had us yelling at the screen. Chanel confronted Joy about making out with Johnny. It should have been a classic moment, but it didn’t turn out that way. Joy had an attitude when Chanel confronted her. She should have humbled herself when Chanel had every right to be mad at her. Joy had the nerve to say that she didn’t ask her to befriend her. We couldn’t believe our ears. Chanel wasn’t the one in the wrong. Joy and Johnny were wrong. They made out and kept the truth from Chanel. She had every right to confront Joy about her role in the secret. Joy has a nasty attitude considering Chanel was trying to be a friend to her. We hoped the value would be bigger since they were friends but that didn’t happen. Joy’s response made the showdown fall flat. If she humbled herself, we would have enjoyed the scene better.

We wonder what we’re supposed to think about Amy (Sophia’s mother). She is a conservative woman and wants her daughter to keep her baby. It looks like the writers are trying to make Amy look like a bad woman for having old fashioned values. Amy is pro-life and there’s nothing wrong with that. For some reason, the writers are choosing to make her look like a monster for wanting Sophia to keep her baby and get married. We know the writers want us to root for Tate and Holly so anyone who keeps them apart will be considered a villain. It must be Amy’s turn now that Sophia has been destroyed. We are being manipulated into hating her character because she wants Tate and Sophia to own up to what they did. On a side note, Holly said the consenting age in Salem was 17 when she wanted to be with Johnny. If that’s true, how come Sophia had to leave Salem to get an abortion? We know that Amy has to be the new interloper for Tate and Holly’s relationship, so she wanted him to marry Sophia. Back to the point of our rant. Tate and Sophia wanted to get an abortion to fix their careless mistake. We are pro-choice and don’t have an issue with abortion. Tate and Sophia decided to get the abortion because the baby was an inconvenience. She could have given the baby up for adoption. For some reason, they didn’t want to consider that option.

Brady and Kristen talked about Rachel’s behavior. They needed to have a conversation about her because she’s out of control. Rachel’s behavior needed to be addressed. They talked about her sending the texts to Ava. Brady suggested they get her help before her attitude gets worse. We applaud the writers for having parents have a conversation like that about their troubled daughter. Kristen tried to defend her, but she had to give in once Brady told her that Rachel would get like them.

The writers showed Julie mourning Doug. We weren’t sure if they were going to have her break down anymore once Doug III arrived. She seemed like she was over Doug’s death once he got there. It broke our hearts to hear her talk about feeling responsible for Doug dying. Most people felt that way when they lost the people they loved. We wonder what we could have done differently. Could one action prevent the person you love from dying? Susan Seaforth-Hayes lost Bill Hayes (Doug) in real life, so watching her grieve on the show was like seeing her pain. We applaud her for her realistic performance.

Writers on shows tend to create stories to get us to shift our opinions about certain characters. We see it happening with Stephanie. They go overboard getting us to believe that Stephanie is a hot character. The woman has been linked to at least five men since she’s been back on the show. She has been with Alex, Chad, Everett, Philip and made out with Harris before he left the show. Stephanie hasn’t been back that long, but she has done her share of bed-hopping. We understand people don’t have to settle with one person, but she is getting around on the show. It’s time for other characters to have fun on the show besides Stephanie. Our next rant has to do with Stephanie too.

Stephanie must be a villain on the show. The only people who overhear things on the show are villains. She overheard Philip’s conversation with Kate. He admitted that Victor’s letter was forged. Stephanie conveniently heard him admit to that. We didn’t think it would get revealed that fast. She told him off for risking her career with the forgery. Philip was stupid to talk about something like that on the phone. Kate already knew that no one could find out, so what was the point of the conversation? He was clearly supposed to get caught that way. Stephanie thought about Alex while she was sleeping in bed with Philip, so it helped her that she heard that conversation. It’s the ticket she needed to get away from Philip. We couldn’t believe that Philip got caught that way. He should have been smarter than that because he did something that could make him go to jail. We think the writers are trying to make us root for Xander while destroying Philip’s character once again.

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Nitpicks & Flubs

by Michele & Cheryl

Monday

Everyone suddenly had their homes decorated for Christmas. No one had their houses decorated before.

How did Hattie get Belle’s number? They didn’t know each other like that so how did she get her number?

How did Hattie know that Belle was in town to represent her? She might not have been free to be her lawyer.

Speaking of Belle, why would she agree to represent her after what she did to her mother?

Tuesday

The DiMeras should consider getting better security because Arnold (Fake Rafe) was able to show up at the mansion without an issue. People shouldn’t be able to get on the property so easily.

Paulina needs to make up her mind about the commissioner position. She was ready to replace Jada if she didn’t solve the cupcake mystery. She’s only concerned because her husband ate one of the cupcakes.

EJ was talking while Rafe was shown.

Wednesday

No one said anything about Holly’s birthday coming up.

Speaking of Holly, why didn’t Nicole come back to Salem to give Holly her birthday gift? She and EJ are divorced so she could show up for her daughter’s birthday.

Julie knew that Doug III was on the phone, but she didn’t hear him talk about the necklace.

Why would Chad take the kids to Orlando when the family should have been closer together after what happened to Doug?

Since Julie lost Doug why would she want to celebrate Christmas?

Shawn wasn’t in Salem when Konstantin was there so he shouldn’t know anything about him.

Holly was with Tate at the pub one minute and at the Horton house the next. She went back to the pub like she never left.

Thursday

Eli and Lani arrived in town for Christmas and could have celebrated with the Hortons. Their ornaments were on the tree so they should have been there to hang them on the tree.

Steve wasn’t giving the person on the phone a chance to reply before he started talking. It was obvious that he wasn’t on the phone with anyone.

Kayla called Roman by his full name. She called him Roman Shawn Brady. The problem is that Roman’s middle name is Augustus, so why would she do that? His sister should know what his middle name was.

Why would Steve help Ava after what she did to him and his family? He shouldn’t have helped her figure out who was stalking her.

Friday

EJ called Arnold out for raping Sami. Did he forget that he did the same thing to her? He raped her for a different reason, but he still did it.

Doug III felt bad for what he did to Julie. He stole a necklace that was in the Horton family. His actions hurt the family.

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Opinion Article

by Michele & Cheryl

Belle clearly doesn’t know how to be loyal to her family. Did she become an ambulance chaser? She decided to take on Hattie’s case. For some reason, she decided to take Hattie’s case. She clearly forgot what the woman did to her mother. Hattie imitated Marlena on more than one occasion, and Belle was okay with fighting her case. We know that everyone deserves to have representation, but she didn’t have to jump on taking her case. How did Hattie know she could call on her anyway? She shouldn’t have her number. Belle shouldn’t have taken her call after what she did to Marlena. The woman doesn’t know the first thing about being loyal to her family. We shook our heads watching her jump at representing her. Hattie didn’t have to convince her to represent her. She has been messy since she came back to Salem.

Speaking of Belle, EJ wanted Kristen to fire Belle from the company. He felt like she would go after more cases that he didn’t want her to handle. We didn’t realize that EJ told Kristen what to do. Belle reminded EJ that she didn’t technically work for DiMera and could do any chase she wanted. We see that the writers are testing the waters between EJ and Belle. They want to see if something sticks between them. We’re sure they will have more scenes together to build up tension between them. Kristen didn’t jump at his whim and decided not to let her go. We didn’t think she would allow EJ to tell her what to do.

We want to put these comments together because they are linked. Ava went to Steve for help with the texts she received. She thought Kristen was the one that sent them. Steve didn’t think twice about helping her. Everyone in Salem seems to forget that she was responsible for Shawn getting killed. Ava did other things while she was in the mafia, but everyone suddenly has amnesia when it concerns her. His loyalty should be towards his wife, but he didn’t think about that. Maybe we just had a hard time getting over something like that since she hasn’t been redeemed properly. Taking her out of Steve’s story doesn’t change what she did. She doesn’t deserve to get treated like she is the princess of Salem when she hasn’t paid for her crimes. Speaking of, why would Roman allow her to stay in the same home of the man she killed? He goes out of his way to protect her when she is the reason why his father is dead.

Steve found out that the person who sent the texts to Ava was at the DiMera mansion. It played out like a little mystery. The person who was responsible for the texts was revealed to the audience. It turned out the person who did it was closer to Kristen than she realized. Rachel was the one sending the texts to Rachel. She was upset that her parents weren’t back together. Rachel blamed Ava for why her parents weren’t together so she wanted to send her a message. She did what she thought she could to get to Ava. We don’t understand the point of her plan because it won’t stop Brady from dating her. She’s trying her best to be a pint-sized DiMera. The problem with her plan is that everyone will think that Kristen did it. She could get in trouble for something that Rachel is doing. Rachel is quickly becoming the bad seed of Salem.

Guess who is back in Salem. If you guessed Arnold (Fake Rafe), then you are right. Arnold showed up at the DiMera mansion out of the blue looking for more money. It’s strange that he showed up out of the blue. He was gone for years and now he’s back. Arnold wants money and doesn’t plan to leave Salem any time soon. He’s a reminder that EJ is far from perfect. Arnold called him out and let him know that he would talk if he didn’t give him more money. He has EJ on his toes right now. EJ acts like he’s tough, but it won’t take much for Arnold to ruin him. We get to watch EJ squirm while Arnold is in town. He will try his best to quiet Arnold, but we don’t think it will work out the way he wants it to. Arnold being back in Salem will catch up to EJ because he isn’t going to walk away as easily as he would like.

EJ deserved the Hypocrite of the Week award. He had the gall to remind Arnold that he raped Sami by pretending to be Rafe. Did he lose his memory when he was shot? He forgot that he raped Sami too. EJ raped her first and wasn’t hired to do anything to her. He didn’t assault her with a mask on, but he forced her to have sex with him to save Lucas’ life. Sami fell in love with him so we were supposed to forget that he raped her, but we didn’t. We never forgot what he did because his actions led to the destruction of one of our favorite couples on the show. Sami and Lucas never recovered from what EJ did. He didn’t have a right to call Arnold out for raping Sami when he was just as bad. Arnold wouldn’t have been around Sami if he didn’t pay him to break up her relationship with Rafe. EJ clearly forgot his actions, or he wouldn’t have called him out for that. We were ready to yell at the screen for being a hypocrite.

It’s time to shift gears. We were surprised that Julie was in the holiday spirit. She lost her husband during the holiday season, but she wanted to celebrate. It was strange that she wanted to do that when the love of her life was gone. We understand that she had to move on, but she lost him recently. Julie is the last one who should want to celebrate the holidays. She’s taking Doug’s death very well, and we expected her to need cheering up. The writers should have had Julie feel down after Doug died. We don’t know of too many people who would be in the holiday spirit if someone they love died the way Doug did.

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Nitpicks & Flubs

by Michele & Cheryl

Monday

Jennifer cried without any tears.

How did Liz know where to find Marlena? The last time she was in Salem Marlena was staying in the house with Roman. How did she know to find her at the townhouse?

Jennifer couldn’t imagine waking up without the person you love sleeping next to her. Did she forget there was a time when she thought Jack was dead? He also abandoned the family, so she spent plenty of time with her bed empty.

Who told Liz about what happened to Doug? Liz hasn’t been in town since 1986, so who would have called her to tell her about Doug?

Liz wore a fur coat, but she didn’t have it closed. It couldn’t be that cold in Salem. Maggie and Marie were sitting outside at the town square as if it were spring, so it wasn’t that cold there.

Tuesday

Why didn’t Marie visit Julie right away? She was at the town square when she came back for Julie.

Ciara’s dress was inappropriate for her grandfather’s funeral.

Belle was wearing a jacket when she and Marlena walked through the town square, but it was off when she was shown at the church.

Why was Marlena in the front row at Doug’s funeral, but most of Julie’s family was sitting in the back?

Why didn’t Sarah go to Doug’s service? She’s walking now so she should have been able to go to the service.

Wednesday

Would anyone miss their family’s funeral because they were too sick to go? Claire was conveniently sick and couldn’t go to Doug’s funeral. She should have been there to say goodbye.

Why did Leo assume that Steven was in town for Doug’s funeral when he didn’t know he was related to Julie? Steven could have been in town for any reason.

Ciara and Jennifer didn’t know Steven, but they were sure he wouldn’t steal Alice’s diamonds.

How did Doug III know his way around Salem? He just got out of jail, but he knew how to get to St. Luke’s.

Thursday

Hope didn’t have flowers when she showed up at the Horton house but had them when she went to the cemetery.

Ciara had to text Shawn to let him know that Hope was in town. Hope could have reached out to him.

Jennifer wanted to give Hope a ride from the cemetery. How did Hope get there when she arrived alone? What was supposed to happen to the car Hope drove?

Friday

Would it hurt Alex to put a shirt on occasionally? He always answers his door without a shirt on.

What made Cat think that Chad would care about her mother and not what happened to Abby’s remains?

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Opinion Article

by Michele & Cheryl

This was a sad week for the Hortons as well as the fans of the show. As you know, Bill Hayes (Doug) died at the end of last year. The show has finally written his death into the show. Jack tried to wake Doug up last week, and he found out that he passed away. It rocked everyone’s world when they found out the news. The audience finally get the chance to see the cast react to what happened. We had to wait a long time to see the Hortons’ reactions to the news. The show focused on Doug’s passing for most of the week. We will talk about our thoughts about the tribute to the actor and the character.

The writers decided to bring people back for Doug’s funeral. Liz (Gloria Loring). Marie (Maree Cheatham), and Steven (Stephen Schnetzer) back to the show. They are characters who haven’t been on the show since the 80s. We weren’t watching the show when they were front and center so it was strange to see new people. It was nice to see them again. We give the writers a thumbs up for including some history for those of us who didn’t watch the show during that time. Liz and Marie had a soapy history because of an affair. Liz slept with Marie’s husband back in the day. We would have loved to see that story unfold. Checking YouTube would be a great idea to find out the history between the characters. They still have heat between them, and they exploded on each other during the service. It may not have been the right time, but it was a break from the grief. We do have a nitpick about what happened between them. For some reason, Maggie expected them to move on from what happened between them. She was with Neil too, so why weren’t they mad at her? She’s supposed to be family to Marie, but she was with Neil too. If we’re mistaken about that, we are sorry. We weren’t watching the show at the time so we could be wrong about that.

As we mentioned in the previous paragraph, Steven was brought back to the show. He’s Julie’s brother. We have never seen him on the show. We didn’t know that Julie had a brother. He came back to help Julie. Who told him about Doug? Why would anyone call him when he hasn’t been in touch with Julie? He became involved in a mystery. The Hortons accused him of stealing Alice’s necklace from the time capsule. He felt like he had a right to the necklace because it belonged to his grandmother. It’s strange that he felt like that when most of the people at the Horton house were related to Alice. We don’t know if Steven is going to stay in Salem now that the funeral is done. If he doesn’t stay, it was good to see the actor on a soap opera again. If you ever watched Another World, it would be a treat to get a chance to see him on TV again.

Jack, the right Jennifer (Melissa Reeves), Shawn, Belle and Hope were back too. They have been on the show, and it was great to see them back. It has been a long time since Melissa Reeves has been on the show, and it was a breath of fresh air to see her playing Jennifer again. She was the actress who worked with Bill Hayes so it made sense to have her come back to say goodbye to his character. Reeves has chemistry with Matthew Ashford so she is the one who should be back any time they write Jennifer back into the show. It felt like no time went by when she returned to the show. We know that she won’t be back when the character returns, but it was amazing to see her back on screen. Hope is one of our favorite female characters on the show. She’s one half of our favorite supercouple (Bo/Hope). We were cheering when we heard the news that she was returning to say goodbye to Doug. There’s no way that she would have missed seeing Doug when she was his daughter. We are grateful the writers decided to bring her back instead of having the character be in another room. It was great to see her back on the show. She and Peter Reckell (Bo) are truly missed as part of the show. We are looking forward to them being back on the show next year. To get back to Hope, she was suspicious of the guy who claimed to be Doug’s grandson. She asked the right questions about him. The man did show up out of the blue claiming to be Doug’s grandson. We already went through a con job with the fake Abby. It looks like we’re dealing with it again. Hope wanted to know if someone talked to Charles (her half-brother through IVF) to find out if he had a kid named Doug. It’s hard to believe she was the only one who thought to call him. Shawn and Belle are back on the show too. They have been missed too. The show needs more characters their age on the show. They are breaking up and dealing with the aftermath of that. The writers are keeping them for a long-term storyline.

Did anyone else feel the tears falling when Julie spoke about Doug? It had to be hard for the actress to get through the scenes when she was married to Doug in real life. He was more than just a TV husband. Bill Hayes was her world. Susan Seaforth-Hayes did an amazing job with the material. She nailed all the emotions a grieving widow should have during her time of grief. The actress made us feel her pain. We couldn’t stop crying watching her pour her heart out to the man she loved for the majority of her life. The writers gave her a chance to express how she felt about losing the love of her life.

We’re not sure how we feel about the stranger who approached Julie. He introduced himself as Doug’s grandson. We needed the writers to utilize the history of the show to explain the connection. The storyline needed exposition because we didn’t think Doug had a son. Jennifer and Hope suddenly remembered that Doug had a child through IVF. It’s something that’s never been discussed while we were watching the show. The reveal happened after he passed away. It’s good that Doug’s death allowed another story to develop, but the story has holes in it. How did Doug III know to find the Hortons? Where has he been all this time? What happened to his father? Did he know Doug? Who told him that Doug died? We could probably come up with more questions, but we’ll stop there.

We know that we talked about the funeral a lot in this article, but it was the focus of the week. It’s time to shift gears. EJ decided to pay Joy to leave town so Johnny wouldn’t have to live with the guilt of seeing his mistress around town. For some reason, Johnny didn’t want him to pay for her to leave town. Did he enjoy her being there? Why would he want her to stay in town? He might enjoy the attention he received from her. Joy agreed to leave town. She told Alex that she was leaving, and he got upset. Alex wasn’t involved in the situation, so why would he care if she left town? Did he like the idea of Johnny squirming whenever Joy was around? Alex went to Johnny, and they got into an argument about it. Chanel walked in and heard the end of the argument. We weren’t surprised that she didn’t hear the important parts of the argument. It seems like the writers want to dumb Chanel down for this storyline to work. We think she may know what happened between Johnny and Joy and that’s why she makes so many comments about him being faithful. Is it possible that she’s giving him the rope to hang himself with it? Chanel goes out of her way to mention that he didn’t cheat on her. It feels like she’s waiting for him to confess to what he did. If he wanted to do that, he should have talked to her about it. She still would have been mad about what he did, but the extra lies wouldn’t have been attached to it.

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Opinion Article

by Michele & Cheryl

The writers decided to start two whodunnits. Someone poisoned cupcakes for the cast and crew of Body & Soul. We could stop right there in case we lost you. Please try to stay with us while we talk about this mystery. Some members of the cast ate the cupcakes and got sick. Roman also got sick from the cupcakes. The person’s identity wasn’t revealed to the audience. We have a theory about who did it. It’s not set in stone because the person didn’t get revealed. We think Hattie is the culprit. She put a curse on the show for killing off her character. No one else had a reason to go after the cast and crew. The only people who got sick (except for Roman) are pat of the show. It’s not hard to figure out who could have done it. We do have a question about it. How did Hattie (or the culprit) know Abe’s address? She hadn’t been there before so how did she know to send the cupcakes to him?

The other mystery that unfolded was the identity of the new Lady Whistleblower. Leo found out that his storylines were revealed in Lady Whistleblower’s column. He accused Javi of being the person who spoiled the show. It’s not too hard to believe that he would do that since he saw him looking at his laptop when they were together. Leo jumped to the wrong conclusion and accused Javi of spoiling his storylines. We think Lady Whistleblower is Gwen. She’s coming back to the show and has the biggest motive for wanting to ruin his show. He betrayed her by sleeping with Dimitri, and she didn’t forgive him for it. She would do anything to make sure that Leo paid for what he did to her. It’s understandable that she would want to pay him back for what he did to her. His conscience got to him once they were about to get caught. Gwen probably still owns the paper, so it’s not hard for her to create the stories. The hole in our theory is that she had no way of knowing what he was writing for the soap opera. It’s convenient that she would be able to hack into his computer, but he didn’t have the job before she left town. There’s no way she could have known he was writing storylines for the show. We have a feeling we are right so you heard/read it here first.

Rafe was kicked in his stomach when he found out he wasn’t getting his job back as commissioner. It’s a slap in the face to him when he was hurt on duty. Rafe dedicated his life to the force only to get treated as if he didn’t matter. We’re not surprised that he was disappointed and angry about the news he received. Paulina was cold about telling him that Jada was keeping his job. She should have showed compassion about dropping that bomb on him. The woman can’t make a decision without causing problems for someone. He didn’t get hurt by playing around on the job. Rafe was investigating what happened to Abby and got hurt. It’s not fair that he lost his job because he was hurt. Roman put the idea in his head to sue the department. It’s the right decision to make because he was unfairly demoted. Roman wasn’t the person to tell him that because he’s Abe’s best friend. Jada thought Rafe should keep the job as detective. What made her think that he would want to get demoted just because she’s in charge? If she lost her job, she wouldn’t take a demotion. She shouldn’t expect Rafe to do that. He wanted to resign to save their relationship. Rafe thought he would resent her if he accepted the demotion. He did the right thing because it would be hard for him to go to the station knowing that she had his job.

Johnny proved that he’s a scumbag. He called Chanel out when he thought she cheated on him. She was a cheating slut when he thought she slept with Alex. He cheated on her, and we’re supposed to feel sorry for him because he doesn’t want to get caught. Johnny was torn between telling the truth and protecting his secret. We know what answer he chose. He decided to keep the affair a secret. Johnny continued to lie to her even when he had a dream about Joy. He will deserve it when Chanel leaves him for what he did. Johnny didn’t want to show any mercy towards her, and he will know how that feels when she turns her back on him. We noticed that Chanel kept shoving Joy at Johnny. It’s as if she knows that they were together.

Tate is also a scumbag. He used Sophia to get over Holly. It didn’t take much for him to go to bed with Sophia because she offered herself to him. He did what any guy would do. It was wrong, but he did what any man would do in his position. Sophia had herself to blame for giving herself to him when she knew he wasn’t over Holly. Tate’s problem is that he treated her like she was a prostitute while acting like Holly is a delicate flower. It’s bad enough he called out Holly’s name while he was making out with Sophia, but he had to act as if she didn’t mean anything to him. He had no problem going to bed with Sophia even though he knew how he felt about Holly. Fast forward, and Holly wanted to go to her room with him. Tate decided to be a gentleman for Holly. He had the chance to be with her, but he wanted her first time to be special. What type of guy is he to treat Sophia like that. She’s not the villain just because she had feelings for Tate. We applauded Sophia for not wanting to be treated like she didn’t matter.

We cheered Xander on when he was man enough to apologize to Brady for accusing him of hitting Sarah. It’s good to see him own up to what he did. He told him about what happened when Kristen demanded to know details about how Sarah was doing. Xander showed a side of vulnerability and that’s a good thing. He proved that he doesn’t always have to scheme or get himself into trouble. Xander showed how scared he was about what happened to Sarah. The writers should have him show that side more often.

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Nitpicks & Flubs

by Michele & Cheryl

Monday

Stefan could be heard talking while Gabi and Javi were shown

How did Ivan and Vivian know that Stefan was at the DiMera mansion? He could have been anywhere in Salem.

Speaking of Stefan, how did Ivan and Vivian get in the mansion without anyone letting them inside?

Tuesday

It’s strange that Steve went to Marlena when he went home instead of going to Kayla.

Cat cried without any tears.

Why did Eric assume that Holly knew about Fiona hitting Sarah when she was in Paris.

Wednesday

Chad didn’t have to go to the police station to talk to Cat. What made him think that she would tell him everything he wanted to hear?

Why did the warden call Steve about Clyde? Why didn’t the warden call someone else to tell them about him escaping?

Thursday

Marlena saw Johnny on his birthday, so why did she give him a present after his birthday?

The blood on the knife that Arrow had looked fake.

Friday

Holly’s phone should have said whether her text message was delivered or read. She would have known if Tate looked at her message or not.

John hasn’t been in Salem, so why did Tate assume that he would have woke him up?

Johnny already slept with Joy, so you would think he wouldn’t tell her everything that happened with Chanel.

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Opinion Article

by Michele & Cheryl

Why did the writers decide to add on to Rafe and Gabi’s family again? They don’t have faith in the extended family, so what’s the point of adding more people on to the show? Javi has been added to the show, and we couldn’t care less about his character. There are people walking around on the show without storylines, but the writers wanted to add a new character. They should have given stories to the people on the show. We will try to keep an open mind about him because he just started, but it won’t be easy to do. Days could use more minority actors on the show, so we will see how that goes. We hope that he doesn’t get shoved down our throats.

Vivian was back on the show again. We never mind seeing her on the show because she’s deliciously evil. The show needs a legendary villain on the show whose name isn’t Clyde. Vivian was a character who was able to accomplish whatever she wanted, and she did it again. She’s involved in two storylines. We’re excited to see the legends front and center. She was responsible for keeping Stefan and Gabi apart. The writers were good to keep her return a secret from the audience. In a social media era, that’s practically impossible to do. She’s also involved in Philip’s storyline. They were both written back into the show for this week. We’re not sure how long they are staying on the show. Vivian’s return could help give Kate a storyline outside of Body & Soul. Louise Sorel may not be back long, but she may give the show a much needed boost. Hopefully she will be back on the show for a while. We need a villain like her instead of Clyde doing everything in Salem. Fiona’s character isn’t enough and Kristen is getting stale as a villain. The writers don’t seem to know what to do with her, so Vivian is back just in time.

Johnny, Chanel and Joy’s storyline has the making of a classic soap opera. Johnny and Chanel were on the outs because he called her a cheating slut. He jumped into bed with another woman (Joy) before he found out the truth. Joy came back to haunt him because she’s part of Body & Soul. She’s going to play Chanel’s enemy on the show. They are fighting over the same man. It sounds eerily familiar to their storyline. Johnny was in for a shock when Kate introduced Johnny and Chanel to his worst nightmare. Joy was hired to work on the show. They will be working together on the soap. Johnny wanted Joy to keep their one-night-stand a secret. We know their affair will come out at some point because they always do. She might end up getting pregnant especially since Chanel wants to have another baby (she made that declaration in the trailer for the show).

Tate, Holly, and Sophia also have a triangle brewing. Tate and Holly broke up so that left the door open for Sophia to get the man she wants. She and Tate ended up having sex with each other because he thought his relationship with Holly was over. Apparently, he jumped the gun because Holly wanted to make up with him. She sent him a text to talk, but Tate didn’t see it. He had sex with Sophia before he saw the text. Holly and Tate made up, but that secret night with Sophia is lingering over Tate’s head. Will he come forward and say something to Holly? Will Holly find out because Sophia decided to tell it?

The writers do a Halloween episode every year. We know they want to take a break from their ordinary stories and get away with doing something unusual. They decided to make it related to Body & Soul. It was a waste of an episode because the murder mystery was surrounded by characters who aren’t on the show. We had to watch the characters from their faux soap opera be front and center. It was a waste of a storyline. We love mysteries as much as the next people but there was no need to have it involve characters from Body & Soul. It could have easily featured the characters from Salem.

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Nitpicks & Flubs

by Michele & Cheryl

Monday

Sarah told Fiona that she remembered what happened while she was alone.

Why would Julie tell Steve that Chad went to Paris?

Holly didn’t know Abby, so she had no reason to eavesdrop on her phone call.

Brady suddenly remembered that Fiona was the one who drove the car. He was too drunk to function, but he suddenly remembered everything.

Xander was the only one who saw Fiona taking Sarah out of her room.

Tuesday

Xander could be heard talking while Brady was shown.

Brady gave everyone credit for helping him except for Kristen. She was willing to help him from the beginning. Kristen was the one who moved the car to keep him from staying in jail.

You would think Marlena would want to help Abe with his soap opera. He’s supposed to be her friend, but it took Leo to convince her to help with the show.

Chanel was at the hospital one minute and at the mansion the next.

Speaking of Chanel, she was on the left side of the bed and now she’s on the right side of it.

Wednesday

Mark talked about murdering Chad at the town square. Anyone could have heard him talking about that.

Abby cried without any tears.

Why would Chanel ask Alex to help plan the party? She knows that Johnny is jealous of her relationship with him so why would she ask him to help her? Johnny has a lot of relatives in Salem so she didn’t have to ask Alex to help her plan his party.

Johnny conveniently knew where Alex lived. He never went there before, but he knew where to find him.

Thursday

Chad clearly avoided looking at his phone. He put the picture down and clearly tried to avoid looking at his phone. Chad should have seen the text that Kayla sent him.

Xander cried without any tears.

Fiona was talking while Xander was shown.

Friday

Chad’s phone should have blacked out, but Abby managed to see Kayla’s text to him.

Why does Sophia have to tell everyone her problems? What makes her think anyone cares?

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Why did the writers make Holly so vital to Chad and Abby’s storyline? She just happened to be listening to Abby while she was on the phone with Mark. Holly never said one word to Abby, but she instantly recognized her. It’s not believable that Holly suddenly spotted Abby while she was in Paris. Needless to say, Holly’s discovery became important later in the week. She confronted Abby about the phone call. It led to Chad discovering the truth about Abby. Chad needed the fall from grace because Jennifer and Steve tried to tell him that she wasn’t Abby. Chad refused to listen to them when they warned him that something was off with Abby. Now he has egg on his face since the truth is out. Let’s get back to Holly. We aren’t thrilled that Holly had to be the one who caused the truth to get revealed. She wasn’t involved in the story at all and suddenly became an important factor in it. Steve should have been the one to cause Chad to see the light. We loved how Steve played Mark and found out he lied about the DNA test. He tricked Mark by giving him DNA that belonged to him and Kayla. We loved how Steve was involved in the storyline. He should have been one of the driving forces of the story since he’s related to Abby.

Does Johnny want to get divorced like his father? He kept making digs about Chanel being with Alex. He saw Alex having sex at the hospital and thought he was with Chanel. There’s no way he could confuse Stephanie with Chanel. Stephanie is a Caucasian woman while Chanel is an African American woman. Each time the flashback was shown, it was easy to see part of Stephanie’s arm. We wondered why Johnny didn’t interrupt them. He stood there and watched them having sex without saying a word. Who would do that? Most people would say something about what they saw. They wouldn’t watch and then walk away. Johnny was making digs about them being together. He thought the worst of Chanel because she told him that she and Alex didn’t rehearse, but he didn’t believe her. It was easier to think the worst of her than approach her about what he saw. Why would Chanel have sex with another man when Johnny could have seen them together? They would have been somewhere more private. If he keeps acting the way he is, Chanel will end up divorcing him.

It’s time to shift gears. We noticed that Xander was being judged for his actions towards Brady. He wanted to get revenge on the person who he thought hurt his wife. There isn’t a man in Salem who wouldn’t want to do what he was willing to do to Brady for hurting Sarah. We knew that Brady was innocent, but Xander didn’t know that. As far as Xander was concerned, he was guilty. Every man reacts the way he did. For some reason, he looked like the bad guy for wanting to make Brady pay for what he did.

Sarah and Brady finally remembered what happened the night of the accident. With help from Eric, they remembered who really hit Sarah. Sarah confronted Fiona about hitting her with the car. We thought that was stupid of Sarah to confront her when she was alone. Sarah was defenseless against Fiona, but she told her that she was going to tell Xander what happened. It wasn’t a surprise that Fiona tried to kill her. Xander showed up in time to stop her from killing Sarah. We were waiting for the revelation to happen, and it finally did. Fiona had to confess to what she did. Xander went off about what she did. He wasn’t over the top with it. Xander talked to her as if he were disappointed in her for destroying his trust. He couldn’t believe that he was gullible enough to fall for her lies. Brady told Fiona off when she was at the station. She tried to explain what she did, but he didn’t want to hear it. We don’t blame him for not wanting to listen to more of her lies.

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Nitpicks & Flubs

by Michele & Cheryl

Monday

It’s strange that Johnny imagined his wife making love to another man.

The DiMera mansion must have more than one bathroom, but Chanel chose to take a shower at her mother’s place.

Abe was talking while Bonnie was shown.

Stephanie wasn’t on the phone that long with Jada, but she told Alex so much about Everett being innocent.

Stephanie’s mascara was running down her face one minute and gone the next.

Tuesday

Bonnie cried without any tears.

Kayla could be heard talking while Hattie was shown.

Wednesday

Fiona’s flashback could be heard before it was shown.

Brady was at the police station, but he wasn’t handcuffed.

Eric poured a cup of coffee but there was no smoke coming out of the mug. He also walked out of Xander’s office without drinking the coffee.

Why was it so easy for people to come and go at the police station to visit Brady in the interrogation room?

Thursday

Eric told Holly that Jude was sick. If that were true, he should go home to make sure he’s okay.

Did the writers decide to change Xander and Sarah’s story? He has been there for her, but Maggie made it seem like he hasn’t been there for her emotionally.

If Holly was so worried about Nicole being there for her to help her get into college, why didn’t she move to Paris with her? Holly wanted to stay in Salem, so she shouldn’t be upset that she’s not with her.

Friday

There weren’t any nurses at the hospital. The nurses’ station was completely empty when Rafe was walking around.

Gabi’s wounds healed up very quickly.

Felicity said that Chanel told her that she could leave work early. Chanel should be getting ready to shoot for the soap opera, so it’s not likely she told her that she could leave work early.

Rafe said he was tired of staring at the walls at the hospital. He just got out of the coma recently, so he wasn’t staring at the walls long.

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by Michele & Cheryl

Since there wasn’t much movement in the storylines this week, we decided to do something different with the opinions article. We hope that you enjoy it. It may happen again if there’s movement in the stories.

Biggest waste of screen time: The Body & Soul storyline
We have read different message boards and blogs, so we know we’re not alone with this vote. The Body & Soul episodes are such a waste of airtime. The writers are trying to be tongue-in-cheek with this story, but it doesn’t work that well. We give the actors/actresses an A for their effort, but the story doesn’t work with the show. The writers wasted two episodes on Hattie and Bonnie’s fight behind the scenes. They also wasted time on Johnny and Chanel’s argument over her scenes with Alex. The actors are trying their best to make this a fun story, but it’s just a waste of screen time. Diedre Hall and Judi Evans have been involved in better storylines, so this shouldn’t be the only way they get airtime. Unfortunately, the writers won’t show them much without the soap storyline. Marlena gets airtime in psychiatrist mode, but she can do more than that. Johnny and Chanel’s storyline stalled after the death of their child. Are we supposed to believe this is the best they could do with their characters? If that’s the case, they could have written them off the show and sent them to California the way they were supposed to earlier in the year.

Useless triangle: Tate, Holly and Sophia
The writers need fresh stories to tell. They aren’t getting off to a great start with Tate/Holly/Sophia’s storyline. The audience needs new couples to root for, but they didn’t hit the mark with Tate and Holly. Their love story is tainted because she didn’t love him. She was head over heels in love with Johnny and then suddenly fell in love with Tate. They don’t have chemistry since Tate was recast. We couldn’t care less about them being together. For some reason, the writers chose to “spice up” their relationship by including Sophia in their storyline. Tate doesn’t like Sophia, so there’s no story. Characters must be torn to make a storyline work, and Tate doesn’t have feelings for Sophia. The writers are wasting their time with the triangle. Sophia forced a kiss on Tate, but it didn’t matter because he wasn’t interested in her. We shouldn’t have to endure a triangle when there won’t be a payoff. The audience may not care who Tate chooses because the story is boring.

Spoiled Brat: Holly
Holly deserves this award because her behavior has been reprehensible. She lied to Tate, so she could investigate his father and expected him to be okay with it. Tate had every right to get upset with Holly for what she did. She got into an argument with Sophia and slapped her. It was okay when Holly said her peace, but Sophia wasn’t allowed to hit her below the belt. Holly was the one who used Sophia when she knew that she liked Tate first. It’s obvious Holly believes every man in Salem should want her, so it was okay that she went after Tate. Now we’re supposed to cheer her on when she slapped Sophia. We were waiting for Sophia to hit her back, but it didn’t happen. Fast forward to the end of the week and Holly was throwing a tantrum because Nicole left her in Salem to follow Eric to Paris. Did Holly forget that she didn’t want to go with Nicole to Paris? She went on and on about Nicole not being there for her when she could be in Paris.

Biggest Wimp (For now): Brady
Brady talked with Marlena about Kristen and what she was willing to do to help him get out of prison. He seemed like he was torn when Marlena asked if he had feelings for her. We stared at the TV in complete shock. After everything they have been through, why would he want to consider being with her? He needs to clear his head and move on with his life. Brady knew she destroyed his life and took Rachel from him, but he thought about her having feelings.

Convenient plot point: Rolf’s discovery
Rolf conveniently developed something that could help Sarah walk again. Kristen needed to find a way to help Brady by any means necessary, and Rolf suddenly appeared. He came up with something that would make Kristen and the company rich. Kristen asked if it would work for spinal injuries, and he believed it could work for that. The writers had to come up with something to make sure that Sarah could walk again. No one really thought she would remain in a wheelchair. Rolf didn’t try the experiment out yet, so it might not work. Kristen jumped on using it to blackmail Xander into leaving Brady alone. It was very convenient that Rolf was working on something like that because Brady needed a way to get out of what Fiona did to Sarah.

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Nitpicks & Flubs

by Michele & Cheryl

Monday

It was daytime on Friday, but it was nighttime in this episode.

Sarah must be a heavy sleeper because she managed not to hear Fiona talking before she tried to smother her with a pillow.

Did the writers forget that Eric isn’t technically Tate’s uncle? We know they want us to believe that Eric and Brady are brothers and that’ fine. The problem is that they forget that Tate is related to Eric through Theresa too. He’s also his cousin.

Sarah heard Xander talking from the door but didn’t hear Fiona talking beside her. She also didn’t hear her grab the pillow and put it on her face.

Fiona’s flashback could be heard before it was shown.

Holly cried without any tears.

Tuesday

Why did Stephanie refer to herself by her first and last name when they were family once?

Why was Rafe lying on his back when Connie stabbed him in the back?

How is Melinda going to the bathroom while she’s tied to Connie’s bed?

Speaking of Melinda, she’s been tied up for days, but her makeup is still intact.

Marlena was Everett’s psychiatrist, but she didn’t show up at the ceremony.

A messenger had legal papers for EJ, but the envelope was open. Did the messenger get curious and decide to open the letter?

Wednesday

Jada knocked on the door a few times, but the door suddenly opened on its own.

Connie’s pocketbook looked empty. It was as flat as a palm when she took her knife out of her bag.

Paulina took a long time to get help when Rafe woke up. She also could have pushed his buzzer instead of leaving his room to look for Kayla.

Abby shouldn’t have talked to Stefano’s portrait out loud when she knew she could have been caught.

Thursday

The bruises on Sarah’s face were cleared up.

Brady conveniently didn’t hear Fiona admit that she was the one who hit Sarah. She practically screamed the confession, but he didn’t hear what she said.

Kristen was clearly showing her tablet to the camera because she had it tilted to the side while she read it.

Friday

How come there was no one else in the office at Brady Black? It looked like Brady was the only one who worked there.

Marlena could be heard talking while Fiona was shown.

Brady didn’t want to risk both of Rachel’s parents being in jail, but he was okay with Tate’s parents going to jail.

Holly wasn’t helping Sarah, but she knew she was having trouble getting around in her wheelchair.

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We may be in the minority, but we are having trouble believing Holly’s anger about what Eric did to Daniel. For those who are new to the show, Eric was driving drunk and killed Daniel. It’s understandable that Holly would be upset that she was lied to about her father’s death, but we don’t buy it. Her acting isn’t genuine at all. Holly didn’t know Daniel so it’s hard to believe that she cared that much. Before you get shocked by what you read, please continue reading. Holly knew Eric as a father figure and now she’s treating him like dirt. She was raised by her mother her entire life, but she treated her like dirt. Maybe we’re being heartless, but we don’t feel her pain at all. We lost our father (R.I.P Daddy) so we know how that feels, but we were raised by our dad. She never knew Daniel, so her bitterness doesn’t feel genuine. Instead of cheering her on, we were rolling our eyes at her. Holly was right to get upset with Eric for the lie. She didn’t seem torn about her feelings at all. Holly went from zero to sixty with nothing in between. She was willing to hate Eric instantly without saying that she loved him, and he hurt her. We don’t feel sorry for Eric because he’s not a saint, but it’s hard to sympathize with Holly.

Speaking of Holly, she didn’t care about Sarah at all until she found out that Brady was accused of hitting her while he was drinking. She didn’t say two words to Sarah after she helped her recover from her drug overdose, but now we’re supposed to believe that she cares so much about Sarah’s accident. We know that she only cared because she felt guilty for her role in the accident. She also wants to take her anger at Eric out on Brady. When did Holly because the moral police? If she and Tate weren’t sneaking around the accident might have been prevented. Fiona might have hit someone else that night because Sarah wouldn’t have been on the road that night to get the keys for the cabin. She wants to help EJ prosecute Brady for the hit-and-run accident. Holly was willing to forgive EJ for what happened even though he knew what Eric did to Daniel. She should be mad at everyone who kept the truth from her, but she was mad at Eric and Tate. We know the writers must give Holly and Tate something to do now that Theresa and Nicole were written out, but this was ridiculous. Holly targeting Tate’s father won’t help them be a couple.

Speaking of Tate and Holly’s relationship, let’s briefly talk about the slant the writers put on Sophia’s character. For some reason, the writers chose to make her the villain in the story. She was the one who liked Tate first when Holly had feelings for Johnny. For some reason, she looks like a schemer since plotted against Holly and Tate to cause trouble. Holly kept the truth from her that Tate didn’t want her, but she looks like she’s suffering because of her. We want to see what Sophia does to Holly and Tate since they went behind her back and hooked up.

Stefan might be getting his karma for what he did to Chad. He was upset that EJ slept with Gabi. Did he forget that he did the same thing to Chad? Stefan’s actions are supposed to be okay because he didn’t know about Abby’s DID, but he still had an affair with her. Fast forward and he’s upset that Gabi slept with EJ. We think he got what he deserved when EJ did the same thing to him. Gabi didn’t have to jump in bed with his brother, but he knows how that feels. For some reason, Johnny judged EJ for being with Gabi. He understood why Stefan slept together, but he thought it was wrong for him to be with Gabi.

Is anyone else ready to throw something at Brady whenever he’s shown? We know that we are. His family wants to help him, but he insists on being punished. He thinks that getting punished will make up for what he thinks he did to Sarah. Earlier in the week, he wanted Ava to keep the fact that she saw him with Fiona quiet. We don’t understand why he would do that when that would prove he could be innocent. He insisted that she didn’t tell anyone that she saw him with her. It didn’t make any sense because he didn’t remember hitting Sarah and that could explain it. He’s trying so hard to be a martyr in the story. We know that he’s innocent, but he doesn’t know. His family has to beg him not to plead guilty because he would lose his family. He knows he has people who want him around, but he refuses to listen to them.

Fiona should feel bad for what she did to Sarah and Brady. She just made up with Xander, and she’s going to ruin her relationship with him again. Fiona hit Sarah and didn’t say anything about it. She allowed was willing to smother Sarah to keep her from talking about what she did. If she cared about her son, she wouldn’t have tried to kill his wife twice. She also allowed Brady to take the fall for her crime. Fiona told Xander and Sarah not to pursue Brady because it’s not worth it. If you committed the crime, you wouldn’t want them to pursue it either.

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Monday

Kayla told Steve about Sarah’s condition. We’re pretty sure she wasn’t supposed to do that.

It’s hard to believe that Jack didn’t have time to call Steve to let him know that Jennifer was in town. Why didn’t Steve go with them to meet Abby?

Melinda was stupid to go to Connie’s place by herself when she fired her. She may not know what Connie did, but she should have had someone with her when she went to Connie’s place.

Chad managed not to hear all of Abby’s conversation.

Connie was yelling at the Li stand, but Melinda didn’t hear her talking.

Melinda drank the tea that Connie offered to her. You would think that she wouldn’t have drunk it since she fired Connie.

Tuesday

Johnny was making a movie about Marlena, but he didn’t realize that Hattie wasn’t his grandmother. He should have realized who she was because Hattie doesn’t dress like Marlena.

Chanel suddenly hired people to work at Sweet Bits. The place barely reopened, and she suddenly had the staff that she’s bored.

Kate conveniently knew where to find Leo. She doesn’t visit him, but she was able to find out where he was staying.

Wednesday

Brady had a visual flashback of his conversation with Fiona. They were on the phone, so he shouldn’t have seen her face.

Fiona talked about what she did to Sarah, but Xander managed not to hear it.

Sarah’s bruises looked different. At the start of the episode, she had more bruises, but they were gone later.

Thursday

Who told Doug about Jennifer’s meeting with Abby? Why wouldn’t anyone tell Julie first?

Why would Abby talk to the mystery person in the living room? Anyone could have heard her.

EJ managed not to hear everything that Abby said on the phone.

How much of the drug did Melinda drink when she didn’t die, but Everett passed away from it?

EJ told Abby about Chad’s brothers, but he forgot to include Peter and Benjy. He mentioned Andre and Tony, so he could have mentioned them as well.

Friday

Abby has more clothes than she had when she arrived in Salem.

Fiona’s flashback could be heard before it was shown.

Sarah’s bruises looked like they were almost healed up.

Sarah referred to Tate by his first and last name to Xander as if he didn’t know him. Did she forget they are related?

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Gabi confronted Stefan and Ava about their affair. She gave them the rope to hang themselves by giving them a chance to come clean. Stefan chose to deny it until the end. Gabi dropped the bomb on them by saying that Kristen confirmed what she suspected. We aren’t invested in Gabi and Stefan’s story, but we enjoy watching drama unfold. She yelled at them and was ready to fight Ava. We love a good cat fight, so we enjoyed watching Gabi go after Ava. Gabi planned on getting revenge on Stefan and Ava, so we’re ready to watch what she does. Hopefully watching the revenge unfold will hold our interest. The new Gabi knows how to do confrontation scenes. She needs work when it comes to regular dialogue, but she’s pretty good when it concerns making a spectacle of herself.

We find it hard to believe that Melinda is supposed to be a former D.A. She didn’t have to Salem brain. She chose to fire Connie by herself. Most of us know that managers won’t let you go by themselves. They want to intimidate employees by ganging up on them. She chose to go to her place by herself. We don’t have to be psychic to know that Melinda didn’t tell anyone except Ava about being at Connie’s place. She loses more points in the brains department because she drank Connie’s tea. Connie offered her tea after she fired her, and she drank it. Melinda wasn’t smart to do that. Would you drink something after you fired someone? Is it wise to drink tea when the person who offered it to you didn’t drink any of it?

Is anyone else sick and tired of Connie getting away with everything? We know that we are tired of it. She was able to drug Melinda’s tea, and she drank it. Connie also decided to be a talkative killer. She told Melinda everything about how she felt about Gabi and Stefan. Connie conveniently knew that Melinda didn’t tell anyone about being at her place. Melinda made that easy for her by not telling anyone. She was able to keep her captive without anyone knowing what she did. We can’t stress enough that we don’t believe that the actress playing Connie is good enough to keep portraying the character. She may be a fan of the show, but that doesn’t mean that she should have a big role in it. The actress needs more acting lessons if she’s going to pull off a big story like that.

Brady needs to stop drinking so much. He wouldn’t be in the mess that he’s in now if he didn’t drink. Fiona framed him for what happened to Sarah. She hit Sarah and paralyzed her. Fiona put Brady in the driver’s seat because she didn’t want to take the fall for what she did. If he didn’t get drunk, she wouldn’t have been able to set him up for the hit-and-run. Speaking of Fiona, we are getting tired of watching her get away with what she did. She isn’t being subtle with the things she’s done. Fiona speaks loudly, but no one hears anything. Xander will make him pay once he finds out that he was involved in the accident. Someone managed to take Brady’s car from the townhouse, so he would have to deal with someone else knowing what happened. We have a feeling Kristen was the one who moved the car, but we’ll see.

Why are the writers wasting their time with the Body & Soul storyline? The story is a waste and doesn’t need to be added to the show. It’s clearly for comic relief purposes, but it’s a waste of time. Too many cast members are going to be involved in this story, but it doesn’t work. Abe is acting like he’s the only one in charge of the show. Everyone suddenly wants to be an actor or involved in the show in some way. We get that the show feels heavy right now, but they don’t need this story to feature an ensemble. Hopefully the show doesn’t get dominated by this storyline.

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Nitpicks & Flubs

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Monday

Tate was talking while Theresa was on screen.

Tate was upset when he found out about his mother. If he weren’t scheming to be with Holly, he would have known what she did.

How is Holly able to get back and forth to the Horton cabin without anyone knowing that she went.

Why didn’t Roman include Marlena in his plans to throw Eric and Nicole a going away party? She might have wanted to help throw the party too.

Nicole had a pocketbook with her one minute, and it was gone the next.

Tuesday

No one ever sees Connie walking around. She doesn’t attempt to hide, but no one sees anything.

Stephanie thought Leo would keep her secret from getting out. He told her that he needed content for his article so why would he keep her secret quiet?

Bobby threatened Connie. He heard her say that she never gets caught, so why would he threaten her?

Connie knows too much about Bobby’s life considering they didn’t know each other before she approached him about killing Li.

Wednesday

Leo managed not to hear Connie in Bobby’s room. She was talking loud, but he managed not to hear her.

Stephanie didn’t have to refer to Leo by his full name. Jada should know who Leo is, so she didn’t have to call him by his full name.

Jack claimed that Jennifer knew that he and Chad dug up Abby’s body. It’s not likely that she wouldn’t have come back to Salem to help find her.

Jada called Rafe “Detective Hernandez.” He is the commissioner of the police department.

Connie conveniently heard Ava talking about sleeping with Stefan. Ava wasn’t talking loud, but Connie managed to hear her.

Thursday

Jada and Stephanie didn’t call for help right away. They basically just watched Bobby before they tried to get him help.

The pill bottle that was on Bobby’s nightstand was closer to the pillow in Wednesday’s episode, but it was closer to Jada in Thursday’s episode.

Ava didn’t hear Connie talking about her sleeping with Stefan, and she was in the same room with her. Connie conveniently heard Ava talking about her affair, and she wasn’t in the room. Ava wasn’t talking loudly at all when Connie heard her.

It took the paramedics a long time to get to Bobby.

Stephanie cried without any tears.

Friday

Marlena said that they invited Brady to Eric’s going away party, but she wasn’t part of the plan. When did she invite Brady to the party?

Marlena said she didn’t hear from Brady, but he told her that he was at the office. She obviously heard from him after all.

Xander managed not to hear Fiona and Brady talking in her room. Fiona was talking loud when she wanted Brady to sneak out her room.

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Opinion Article

by Michele & Cheryl

Nicole and Eric had their going away party this week. We may be alone here, but we aren’t upset that they are leaving. The writers also squandered an opportunity to finish Nicole’s story properly. Arianne Zucker’s departure has been announced for months so they had time to write a proper farewell to a actress who has been with the show for 25 years. With that said, Nicole didn’t find out what Holly did. Holly snuck to the Horton cabin to be with Tate. She’s been spending time with him, and it happened right under Nicole’s nose. Where’s the confrontation and pay off for that? Why did Holly get to decide that she was staying in Salem? Nicole is the parent and she let. 17 year old child tell her that she wasn’t going with her. Is Nicole that much of a wimp? She should have made Holly go with her. Nicole didn’t seem too disappointed by it since she could focus on her life with Eric and Jude. She only cares about her child with Eric. Nicole has the little family she always wanted so she is fine to leave. We know that Arianne Zucker and Greg Vaughn were written out, but the writers could have written a better story than that. It was a slap in the face for someone who spent so many years on the show.

What are the writers thinking with the Body and Soul storyline? They are wasting time having Kate and Abe involved in this soap within a soap storyline. This is not the comic relief we need right now. We know it’s an excuse to give Diedre Hall something else to do. Unfortunately, we don’t need to see Hattie again. She’s not an integral character on the show so we don’t need her back. Diedre Hall probably enjoys playing her to get a break from Marlena, but she’s a waste of a character. We would rather the writers give Abe and Kate better stories than this.

Speaking of a waste of characters, when are the writers getting rid of Connie? She is getting shoved down our throats. Connie killed Li and Bobby. The writers put her in the middle of two stories for no reason. She always hears everything no matter what. Connie has great timing to hear things that other people say no matter how close they are. Other people can’t hear conversations when they are practically in the room with other characters. Now she has killed Bobby. He’s a useless character too. We’re not upset that he’s gone. There was no need to write his character into the show. He was another useless character who provided anything to the show. His character was written out and looked like a killer. Who knows when Connie will get caught for what she did.

Marlena might have to reconsider her career. She didn’t notice that Bobby was pretending to be Everett. Marlena was the one who allowed him to check out because she believed he was Everett. She is supposed to be a great psychiatrist, but she didn’t realize that he was faking. It might be time to do something else with her life if she couldn’t tell he was lying to get out of Bayview.

Why do the writers keep having Brady spiral out of control? How many times do we have to see him fall off the wagon? We know that people get weak, but he always falls off the wagon. It feels like that’s the only story the writers know how to give him. Now he’s hooking up with Fiona. He’s hooking up with Xander’s mother because of Theresa. Brady wasn’t with Theresa, so it didn’t make sense for him to fall off the wagon because of her. We feel like the writers don’t know what to do with Brady anymore.

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Nitpicks & Flubs

by Michele & Cheryl

Monday

It was obvious that Eric wasn’t talking to Holly on the phone. He didn’t give Holly a chance to respond to some of the things he said before he spoke again.

Gabi was in prison when Sloan switched Nicole’s paternity test so she shouldn’t have known she did it.

Nicole planned to leave the DiMera mansion without taking Holly with her.

Nicole didn’t have Jude’s stroller with her when she left the mansion, but she had it when she went to the airport.

Tuesday

If Gabi was so worried about Arianna, she should move out to wherever Will and Sonny are living with her this week.

Brady referred to Eric as his brother as if Theresa wasn’t related to him.

EJ had the fireplace going in the summertime. Salem may be a fictional town, but it’s still summertime.

Alex conveniently needed Theresa to sign the prenup when she wanted to take Tate to the airport.

Wednesday

Leo wasn’t at the press conference, but he knew that Gabi exposed EJ at the conference.

Xander could have ordered a glass of water instead of drinking out of Leo’s glass. Why do the joggers insist on drinking out of Leo’s glass?

Thursday

Connie conveniently found Bobby’s room at Bayview.

How did Leo know where Marlena lived?

Rafe and Jada were able to find their way to the plot where Abby was buried without anyone taking them there. If anyone has been in a cemetery, you know it’s hard to find plots without any help.

Who was watching Chad’s kids? Doug and Julie were with Kayla, and Chad was with Jack at the cemetery.

Friday

If Ava didn’t want Gabi to know that she slept with Stefan, why did she mention it so freely?

Why would Li tell Connie where he lived when they only went out on one date?

Gabi didn’t hear Kristen and Ava talking about Stefan.

Connie didn’t have blood on her dress after she killed Li. When Bobby saw her there was blood on her dress.

Connie knows too much about people in Salem when she never interacts with them. She conveniently knew Gill and that he was Ava’s boss.

Connie was hidden behind a door so she shouldn’t have seen Gill with Li. It should have been an audio flashback and not a visual one.

Marlena needs to lose her license since she couldn’t tell that Bobby was pretending to be Everett.

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Opinion Article

by Michele & Cheryl

It was a week of flashbacks. For some reason, the writers drowned the episodes with flashbacks. Most of the week was filled with flashbacks of Connie and Bobby. Connie kept thinking about Li and everything that happened after the murder. Bobby flashed back to seeing Connie after she murdered Li. We know the writers wanted to show the audience what happened when Li was killed, but they didn’t have to go overboard with the flashbacks. There were only two days out of the week that didn’t feature flashbacks which means there were too many shown.

Speaking of Li’s murder, we felt completely ripped off by the outcome. We didn’t really care who killed him in the first place, but the writers made the killer someone who was on for about two episodes. Connie went out with Li one time and suddenly became obsessed with him. The woman who plays Connie won a role on the show and became part of a major story for the week. It was such a waste of time because she’s an insignificant character. Thankfully we didn’t invest much interest in the mystery, but other fans might have liked the story. It’s a letdown for the killer to be a minor character. Bobby’s involvement in the story makes even less sense. Let’s get to that now.

Bobby suddenly had the answer to who really killed Li. He conveniently saw Connie in the park the night she stabbed Li. Connie was stupid enough to admit out loud that she stabbed Li. It’s convenient how he knew to keep that information to himself until he approached Jada with it. There was no need for him to know that information when he wasn’t in town at the time it happened. The writers clearly want to make Bobby’s role bigger by tying him to Li’s murder and to Connie. His role doesn’t need to be any bigger than it is. He and Connie are now in cahoots with each other. Connie suddenly realized that he was Jada’s ex and heard them talking about the investigation. She put two and two together to figure out that he was the one who saw her in the park. Connie suddenly knows everything about everyone in Salem. She told Bobby that Jada went home to Rafe every night. Connie had no way of knowing about Jada and Rafe, but she threw them up in his face like she did. She offered to take care of Rafe if he stopped talking about the murder investigation. Bobby jumped at the opportunity. We’ll get into that in the next section.

As we said, Bobby jumped at the opportunity to take Connie’s deal. He did his part by pretending that he was Everett again to get out of Bayview. As Everett, he wouldn’t have any memories of what Bobby saw in the park. His plan worked, and Marlena made sure he was released. Marlena clearly needs to think about getting out of psychiatry if she couldn’t tell that Bobby was pretending to be Jude. On a side note, she didn’t cure John of the brainwashing that Konstantin did to him. She allowed Bobby to get out of Bayview. Connie had to get rid of Rafe. She is the town stalker, so she found him at the cemetery to stab him. The woman has lost her mind and needs to be stopped before she goes crazy. We’re surprised that she didn’t target Gabi since Li loved her.

Jack was upset about Abby’s body being exhumed. It was strange that he wouldn’t want to know if it was possible that his daughter was alive. For some reason, he had a hard time believing that Abby could be alive. Did he forget that he was presumed dead at one point? His organs were donated, and he came back to life. There are several people in Salem who have come back to life, but he had trouble believing it. Kayla had trouble believing it too. She just came back to life but thought Abby had to be dead. We think that the citizens have taken a selective amnesia pill because they forgot that people come back from the dead on a daily basis in that town.

As Days fans know, the truth about Jude’s paternity has finally been revealed. Gabi announced that Eric was the father of Nicole’s baby at EJ’s press conference. She was supposed to keep quiet about the truth, but she told it anyway. Gabi claimed that she did it because Eric had a right to know the truth. We have a hard time believing that. If that were true, she would have called Eric and told him the truth. She wouldn’t have announced it publicly. Gabi clearly forgot that Stefan asked her not to say anything. She had the gall to be smug about revealing something that would make EJ target them. Stefan showed his anger towards Gabi, and we cheered him on for doing that. Gabi had the nerve to get mad because she thought he was siding with EJ. Stefan had the right to side with EJ because she violated a trust. He shouldn’t have told her the truth in the first place because she didn’t hesitate to open her mouth. We are hoping that EJ goes after Gabi for opening her big mouth. EJ needs to go after her with everything he has left because he has nothing to lose, so he can destroy her without blinking twice.

The confrontation between Nicole and EJ happened this week. Nicole found out the truth (thanks to Gabi), and they had it out at the mansion. EJ tried his best to explain why he did what he did, but she didn’t want to hear what he had to say. She told him that he didn’t get to say that he loved her again. Nicole had a right to be upset, but she always forgets that she has done things too. She forgot that she cheated on him to conceive Jude in the first place. EJ felt like she would run to Eric if she knew the truth, and he was right. We were surprised that Nicole didn’t yell at EJ. She had a subdued performance. We’re not sure what we expected, but we thought it would be bigger than that. Nicole went running to Eric and forgot about Holly. She didn’t tell Holly the truth about Jude. EJ had to tell her the truth. Nicole proved that she was only worried about Jude and didn’t care about Holly at all. She showed up to give him the rings and to get a divorce. It must have been too much to ask that she remember to take her daughter with her.

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