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Spoilers for the Week of September 4th
Topic Started: Aug 21 2017, 11:22 AM (24,669 Views)
Tammy
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nananana7
Aug 24 2017, 04:12 PM
Monday Sept 4th
Days is preempted by the PGA Golf Deutsche Bank Finals
http://www.jason47.com/days/episodeguide2017.html
I totally read "Deutsche Bank" as Douchebag!
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lysie
Aug 24 2017, 09:23 AM
MissLola
Aug 24 2017, 09:20 AM
Heatherlynn
Aug 24 2017, 09:05 AM
It wasn't murder nick the pycopath drove her too it and I say this as a non Gabi fan
Um... No. Picking up a gun and shooting an unarmed man is murder. It doesn't matter if he was a horrible person or not. :mellow:
It was murder, but I think a good soap lawyer could have gotten her off entirely.
I'm not especially heavy on sympathy for Gabi but as far as what she did to Nick, anybody remember "The Burning Bed" with Farrah Fawcett? That woman waited until her husband, who had severely beaten and abused her for years to go to bed, doused the area with an accelerant (gasoline?), and then set him on fire, left the house, and let him burn to death. No conviction, no jail. Nick may not have physically beaten Gabi but the mental and psychological torture can be paralyzing, too.
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SHollow1
Aug 24 2017, 09:39 PM
lysie
Aug 24 2017, 09:23 AM
MissLola
Aug 24 2017, 09:20 AM

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It was murder, but I think a good soap lawyer could have gotten her off entirely.
I'm not especially heavy on sympathy for Gabi but as far as what she did to Nick, anybody remember "The Burning Bed" with Farrah Fawcett? That woman waited until her husband, who had severely beaten and abused her for years to go to bed, doused the area with an accelerant (gasoline?), and then set him on fire, left the house, and let him burn to death. No conviction, no jail. Nick may not have physically beaten Gabi but the mental and psychological torture can be paralyzing, too.
Agreed. Yes, Gabi murdered him. I don't really think that should be what's up for dispute. But, the reality is that he had it coming. He made her life, Will's life, Sonny's life, Arianna's life (and countless others) a living hell.

Yeah, okay, Nick 1.0 wasn't so bad. But he was still sick and twisted. You can hate Melanie all you want, but that doesn't change the fact that he fucked her up during that whole storyline. He deserved to be treated with judgment because even if there was some good in him at the very beginning, he let how psychotic he was get the best of him. He made his own bed, now he has to lie in it.
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Mitchapalooza
Aug 24 2017, 01:07 PM
KMan101
Aug 24 2017, 01:03 PM
I think we're used to big shifts right away. Ron's easing into it, for better or worse. I'm going to give him some more time. We all want instant gratification. Dena turned the show into a total mess, between her and Griffith characters became unlikeable and trashed. Don't forget we have Will, Sami, Kristen/etc., Eve coming back, Nicole FINALLY leaving ... I think things will shift in time.
He has been here for a month and I am only seeing SLIGHT marginal improvement....I was expecting more TBH.

Remember Sheri is involved too, and like Marland, Bell, etc.....she doesn't like whiplash changes. Ron did slowly rebuild GH at first. He got all his players in a row first, then he turned up the heat. The current cast is.....with exception of the vets, cringe worthy.

I expect some dramatic exits and even more dramatic arrivals leading to stories that snowball. Ron is the closest thing we have to JER left in daytime. Kristen will be so much fun this time.
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truluvpassions07
Aug 25 2017, 12:36 AM
SHollow1
Aug 24 2017, 09:39 PM
lysie
Aug 24 2017, 09:23 AM

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I'm not especially heavy on sympathy for Gabi but as far as what she did to Nick, anybody remember "The Burning Bed" with Farrah Fawcett? That woman waited until her husband, who had severely beaten and abused her for years to go to bed, doused the area with an accelerant (gasoline?), and then set him on fire, left the house, and let him burn to death. No conviction, no jail. Nick may not have physically beaten Gabi but the mental and psychological torture can be paralyzing, too.
Agreed. Yes, Gabi murdered him. I don't really think that should be what's up for dispute. But, the reality is that he had it coming. He made her life, Will's life, Sonny's life, Arianna's life (and countless others) a living hell.

Yeah, okay, Nick 1.0 wasn't so bad. But he was still sick and twisted. You can hate Melanie all you want, but that doesn't change the fact that he fucked her up during that whole storyline. He deserved to be treated with judgment because even if there was some good in him at the very beginning, he let how psychotic he was get the best of him. He made his own bed, now he has to lie in it.
I so agree nick was disgusting who uses a child as a pawn because he doesn't like the fact her dads were gay .yes Nick was raped in prison and that is horrible but that doesn't excuse him treating his cousin will like crap.nick used his family used melanie and I dislike her Gabi i dislike her too but she didn't deserve that pycopath and his bs
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SHollow1
Aug 24 2017, 09:39 PM
lysie
Aug 24 2017, 09:23 AM
MissLola
Aug 24 2017, 09:20 AM

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It was murder, but I think a good soap lawyer could have gotten her off entirely.
I'm not especially heavy on sympathy for Gabi but as far as what she did to Nick, anybody remember "The Burning Bed" with Farrah Fawcett? That woman waited until her husband, who had severely beaten and abused her for years to go to bed, doused the area with an accelerant (gasoline?), and then set him on fire, left the house, and let him burn to death. No conviction, no jail. Nick may not have physically beaten Gabi but the mental and psychological torture can be paralyzing, too.
Except mental and psychological torture wasn't the story that was told. The story that was told was Gabi gleefully gloating as Nick blackmailed other people on her behalf, inviting Nick back into her bed, and ignoring the warnings of every important person in her life as they lined up and told her to stay away from Nick, offering to help in any way they could. There was no subtext of offscreen torture played by either of them-- because the show was so desperate to keep the identity of Nick's killer a secret that neither one of the actors could have known to play it that way. Blake Berris, who was always open about how awful his character was, basically implied in his exit interview that it didn't make sense. Camila Banus covered by saying "well you'll see a flashback and then you'll understand." Then the flashback turned out to be Nick threatening Sonny as Gabi eavesdropped, and Gabi explained that she thought it was only a matter of time until Nick did the same to her. Not that he was already doing the same to her. That she thought, possibly, he might in the future.

At most, soon after his resurrection Nick made a few taunting allusions to Kate/Sami/Gabi pushing him into the river. (This was before Gabi started giddily skipping around Nick like a schoolgirl.) And you know what? I have a hard time weeping for Gabi about that. What Gabi did in knocking Nick out was fundamentally right, and no jury in the world would convict her if he had died then. Following it up by not checking to see if he was breathing before tossing him in the river to drown was not okay. Likewise, the other thing Nick "had" on Gabi-- her involvement in blowing up Salem because she wanted Chad-- was something Gabi should have paid for, and something that was as crazy as anything Nick ever did.

The story sucked and made no sense, and Gabi looks like a first degree moron if you paid any attention to the details.
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truluvpassions07
Aug 25 2017, 12:36 AM
SHollow1
Aug 24 2017, 09:39 PM
lysie
Aug 24 2017, 09:23 AM

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I'm not especially heavy on sympathy for Gabi but as far as what she did to Nick, anybody remember "The Burning Bed" with Farrah Fawcett? That woman waited until her husband, who had severely beaten and abused her for years to go to bed, doused the area with an accelerant (gasoline?), and then set him on fire, left the house, and let him burn to death. No conviction, no jail. Nick may not have physically beaten Gabi but the mental and psychological torture can be paralyzing, too.
Agreed. Yes, Gabi murdered him. I don't really think that should be what's up for dispute. But, the reality is that he had it coming. He made her life, Will's life, Sonny's life, Arianna's life (and countless others) a living hell.

Yeah, okay, Nick 1.0 wasn't so bad. But he was still sick and twisted. You can hate Melanie all you want, but that doesn't change the fact that he fucked her up during that whole storyline. He deserved to be treated with judgment because even if there was some good in him at the very beginning, he let how psychotic he was get the best of him. He made his own bed, now he has to lie in it.
My last pro-Nick post this round, I promise:

Nick was mentally stable and highly moral.

Nick got shot protecting Melanie.

Nick was lawfully prescribed painkillers to which he had a psychotic reaction.

That was when Nick gaslit Melanie.

If you want to look at crimes for which a good lawyer could have kept the character out of prison, look no further. Nick opted to go to prison anyway as penance for Melanie, and by the time Julie got him out of prison his sentence had lasted eight times longer than it was originally said to be.
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Heatherlynn


What was Nick's actual prison sentence .I still think Julie should have gotten him help that's why I feel when she harps on Gabi it's her own guilt talking
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Heatherlynn


And if I remember correctly Gabi never asked Andrew to kidnap mel but by the time Gabi found out andrew had become unhinged
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Alex1994V


It was either 4 or 10 years
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Heatherlynn


How much time did nick actually do then
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ScorpioGirl1987


Nick did four years in prison.

Gabi's original sentence was 10 years.
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ScorpioGirl1987
Aug 25 2017, 09:28 AM
Nick did four years in prison.

Gabi's original sentence was 10 years.
No. Gabi's plea deal was 15-20 years.
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Heatherlynn


She got 15_20 years yet didn't she only do 1_2 years tops
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Heatherlynn


But Nick did 4 didn't seem that long
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Cimz
Aug 25 2017, 07:58 AM
truluvpassions07
Aug 25 2017, 12:36 AM
SHollow1
Aug 24 2017, 09:39 PM

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Agreed. Yes, Gabi murdered him. I don't really think that should be what's up for dispute. But, the reality is that he had it coming. He made her life, Will's life, Sonny's life, Arianna's life (and countless others) a living hell.

Yeah, okay, Nick 1.0 wasn't so bad. But he was still sick and twisted. You can hate Melanie all you want, but that doesn't change the fact that he fucked her up during that whole storyline. He deserved to be treated with judgment because even if there was some good in him at the very beginning, he let how psychotic he was get the best of him. He made his own bed, now he has to lie in it.
My last pro-Nick post this round, I promise:

Nick was mentally stable and highly moral.

Nick got shot protecting Melanie.

Nick was lawfully prescribed painkillers to which he had a psychotic reaction.

That was when Nick gaslit Melanie.

If you want to look at crimes for which a good lawyer could have kept the character out of prison, look no further. Nick opted to go to prison anyway as penance for Melanie, and by the time Julie got him out of prison his sentence had lasted eight times longer than it was originally said to be.
I hate the so-called "Nick 2.0" more than I've ever hated any other character in the history of this show, and I was thrilled when he was killed off, so I'm admittedly biased here, but, IMO, you're not starting at the right point with the so-called "Nick 1.0"'s instability. Don't forget that one of the very first stories he ever had was the Lonely Splicer thing, where he was essentially cyber-stalking Chelsea. Nick was never a stable character, as far as I'm concerned, and I don't just say that with the benefit of hindsight; I never really cared for him during his first stint on the show, either, although I didn't actively despise him back then. He had issues right from the start, and they only got worse as time went on. Most here see what happened to Nick as an example of a character being repeatedly thrown under the bus, but I maintain that the slow progression of increasingly disturbing versions of Nick made perfect sense and totally fit the original version of the character. Nick was never just the "lovable, geeky good guy" most people seem to fondly remember him as. There was never a Nick 1.0 or a Nick 2.0; there was always just Nick, getting progressively more disturbed, obsessive, possessive, and controlling as time went on.

In other news, all the "he had it coming" comments in this thread have made me remember how disappointed I was that we never got to see Gabi sing this on a very special musical episode of Days. (Okay, I didn't really want to see that, but it might have worked in a so-bad-it's-good sort of way.)
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Heatherlynn


I agree thanks for reminding me nick was always sick pycopath
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ScorpioGirl1987
Aug 25 2017, 09:28 AM
Nick did four years in prison.

Gabi's original sentence was 10 years.
Nick received a sentence of 5 years. He was out in a little less than 4. Gabi received 10 and was out in just over 1.
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Soaps.com Spoilers

Monday September 4:
"Days" is pre-empted due to PGA Golf.

Tuesday September 5:
Theo is jealous when Claire says she wants to invite Tripp to move in with them.

Wednesday September 6:
John and Marlena make their move to escape.
Hattie struggles to maintain her charade with Brady.

Thursday September 7:
Andre holds a press conference to make a shocking announcement.
Abe and Theo have a heartwarming reunion.

Friday September 8:
Adrienne finds an unlikely ally.

http://soaps.sheknows.com/days-of-our-lives/spoilers
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Lovejm


Hattie and Brady. LMAO. And she's struggling? I'll die if he realizes what's going on

Love the J&M try to escape one. I hope one of them gets hurt trying to escape.

Maybe andres announcement is he dumped Kate lol. Probably over the dumb comint though

Idk about Tripp moving in with Claire and Theo either. It's all too neat how it's nbd about what he did to Kayla and how easily he was manipulated by Jade and the Vitalis
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