Catching up on #Days, and I - surprisingly - don’t hate The Dimeras of our Lives. Chad playing catchup while Kristen has a meltdown about Rachel & EJ connects the dots was entertaining. Now, this Brady & Marlena mess is annoying. Everybody failed Rachel, starting with her parents. Both of them.

The show consistently fails the character of Nina by not allowing her to proudly own that she will sacrifice anyone and anything at any time to get what she wants. I can already hear her whining & excuses when using Charlotte to catch Valentin blows up in her (and probably Willow’s) face. #GH

If we’re not getting juicy confrontations between Willow & Michael about her actions, stop w/her antics. Willow whining to Drew about BLQ interrupting her attempt to manipulate Chase into letting her see her kids instead of having to squirm as Michael holds her accountable was… underwhelming. #GH

Curtis was immediately arrested for lying to the police about the night of the shooting. Why is Willow - the prime suspect - eating dinner at the Metro Court after the police found video evidence that she, too, lied about her whereabouts the night of the shooting? #GH

I don’t begrudge Charlotte her honesty, but she’s old enough to hear Lulu’s honesty, too. How her conception was a violation of Lulu by Papa. The hell Lulu went through to have a relationship with her despite that. That Charlotte was shot for stalking a spy the last time she was with Papa. #GH

Lulu & Dante are not perfect parents, but their kids are old enough to understand that their early months/years were stolen from their parents. Charlotte & Rocco were literally kidnapped, and that is ignored whenever Valentin or Britt comes up. It’s high time those brats acknowledge that. #GH

The way the gifs of her & those nails irk my soul... 😂

Got ahold to some classic #Days clips to refresh my memory of Peter Blake post-Aremid, and I forgot how hilarious parts of Jennifer’s ‘97 kidnapping were. The look Stefano gives Laura in the midst of every one of her hysterical outbursts has me on the floor. 😂😂😂

Need Chase to face some serious consequences - professionally & personally - for involving himself in Willow & Michael’s custody issues. This paternalistic attitude he has that his personal opinion of Willow should trump a court order & what’s actually best for THEIR kids is annoying as hell. #GH

Curtis is at his best when he’s battling an adversary. His scenes with Jordan & Portia are like watching paint dry, but I sit up & pay attention when he’s going at it with Drew. I’m curious to see how he’ll be written when he & Isaiah inevitably have it out about the baby. #GH

Britt & Jason 2.0 is godawful. I hate joe these writers ruined a good thing. #GH

I… really… like Isaiah & Portia, and it pisses me off because this was supposed to be Isaiah & Jordan while Portia left Curtis & moved on to someone new. #GH

Alexis & Kristina may as well go consult with their former co-conspirators Ava & Ric to figure out a way to leverage this entire Willow mess to get joint legal custody of Scout. It makes no sense that Alexis is getting nothing more than the access Drew allows for representing Willow. #GH

At this point, I don’t even really care who shot Drew, but it should be Willow. #GH

Somebody needs to kick Chase out of Tracy’s house. Stat. I don’t give a damn what he thinks about Willow’s innocence concerning Drew’s shooting, that heffa was stalking a baby in that house and should not be allowed around those children until she’s stable. #GH

A mess.

Curtis has always been positioned as Trina’s upstanding, honest parent despite years in bed with the mob & kissing on Jordan less than 48 hours after his wedding to her mother. I’m curious to see how the show handles Trina’s reality check that, despite her idealism, she has 2 messy parents. #GH

Look at Portia being honest & transparent with Isaiah without him judging or belittling her. Now, had she had this conversation with that soon to be ex husband of hers - the one who tried to put a hit out on Drew - he’d have brought up Trina’s paternity & every other issue they’ve ever had. #GH

Joss behaves like a bratty teen, but is supposed to be believable as a spy? I hate that we skipped the transition from teen to young adulthood for Trina & Joss. They went from high school students, to college students in their first relationships, to dead boyfriends and clunky fresh starts. #GH

This show is desperately in need of Cassadines… not Valentin, though. Helena & Victor’s kid could’ve stayed in jail, and Nikolas could be out helping his mother deal with Sidwell and the ghosts of poor decisions past #GH

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Lucas is grown as hell, and Carly still has an underage child she can control running around town in little Donna. Please get her out of her brother’s business. #GH

Not Cyrus & Esme haunting Laura, chile… #GH

Victor was knocking on 80’s door & Maggie was knocking on 70’s when they became “friends.” Marlena can get some late in life love & companionship, too. Now, he won’t be John just like Victor wasn’t Mickey & Maggie wasn’t Caroline, but if he makes her happy... #Days

Britt & Jason worked that first time around because she refused to allow him to play hero for her the way he does for every other woman in his life & constantly called him out for trying to. They’ve turned that on its axis by making her a petulant damsel in distress, and I absolutely hate it. #GH

Trina’s always been too invested in Portia & Curtis’ mess. I’ll never forget Ava telling SM’s Trina that Portia wasn’t obligated to tell her about their affair. From the moment they heard Drew get shot, Trina & Kai should’ve been trying to figure out whodunnit. Bout time they course corrected. #GH

Now they’ve got Jordan playing pick me accomplice to Curtis’ would be Murder for Hire plot. Sidwell is the villain this show has needed since Victor died, Jordan’s supposed to be working him as the inside woman, and instead she gets Curtis’ table scraps? I *hate* what they’ve done to her. #GH

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The Curtis misdirect was stupid, unnecessary, and a reminder that ol’ Honest Abe has STILL never told his terrible, awful, no good, very bad liar of a wife, Portia, about his years long ties to organized crime. Ever. Including informing her that Ms. Wu offered to alter Trina’s DNA test. #GH

Emma & Gio won’t learn that there are real consequences for their actions until one of them has to suffer for these antics. Dante is being obnoxious as hell, but he’s not wrong about Gio. Everybody just needs to start directing their anger where it actually belongs, with ringleader Emma. #GH

Laura told Sidwell: Bitch, you don’t intimidate me! I survived Helena, Mikkos, and Stavros and… #GH

Why does NuAce look like a Targaryen? #GH

Kevin hasn’t been overtaken by Ryan again… right? Like, he’s supposed to be DED dead, but my spidey senses are tingling. #GH

Now, when Jacinda came demanding more money, Portia handled the situation by herself without throwing Nina under the bus. She’s completely justified in snatching that sniveling heffa bald for pretending her unhinged 30 year old brat is some innocent victim who needs protecting. #GH

Sonny, Ric, the grandchildren, and these dogs. #GH

The Lulu, Dante, and Rocco scenes… I moved. The new Lante family dynamic is soap gold when their conflicts are rooted in real issues as opposed to that wonky Brit/Liesl nonsense More, please. #GH

A refund queue.

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This is so typical of Brady the Bonehead. His evil spawn kidnapped a woman & held her hostage in another town for weeks. Had he & Kristen gotten that kid the help she needed instead of begging Ava to protect her by keeping quiet, Rachel wouldn’t be in the predicament she’s currently in. #Days

Wait! Curtis Ashford paid Selina Wu to whack Drew?? I don’t EVER want to hear another word out of him about Portia’s or anyone else’s lies. 😂 #GH

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I need Ava fully involved in the Sidwell mess if it removes her from the Portia/Nina/Drew’s shooting mess. I’m tired of my girl being used as a talk to for Nina and a fixer for Portia on the heels of being used to absolve Kristina of attempted murder. Give her a storyline of her own! #GH

I’m so tired of Willow & Drew. Despite how messy their relationship has been and the intrigue surrounding the shooting, they’re just not dynamic enough scene partners for the show to keep dragging this story out. And Nina is the icing on the awful cake. End this now, I beg. #GH

The way folks are openly discussing Portia’s womb before she’s able to process her pregnancy or even reveal it to the people she’d like to reveal that very personal news to will never, ever sit right with me. I mean, her only child just found out from two people who shouldn’t even know yet. #GH

Curtis having Jordan at Portia’s house for Thanksgiving is.. gross. Man admits to being emotionally invested in his ex-wife throughout his marriage to his new wife, and then has the ex-wife at his new wife’s home before even filing for divorce? I hope Trina cusses everybody out! #GH

Catching up on #Days… if EJ has Lexie in that hyperbaric chamber, I will go back to daily viewing to see this all unfold. Abe has finally moved on. Theo is home for good. EJ still has a bone to pick with Paulina… and Lexie is alive? The drama!

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The rebrand is still bizarre as hell, so I am quite curious to see what havoc this chaos agent will wreak next.

CONTROL IT BETHANN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!