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Friday, October 27, 2017 Episode Discussion
Topic Started: Oct 26 2017, 06:29 PM (10,553 Views)
Rosebud
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If they are planning to say Adrienne is now in love with Justin, which it seems they are, just because he “saved her” and because she kissed him, I hope someone tells her that it wasn’t Justin at all that figured it out it was her brother; Justin just happened to be there and went to the jail along with Patch and Kayla and was the first one to see her. :blulaugh:
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Aquamarine
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I liked the Eric and Brady fight.

I enjoyed Victor and Brady.

Adrienne and Sonny were good.

Sami wasn't as obnoxious as usual.

Eric and Jennifer were fine.

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concerned
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lysie
Oct 28 2017, 10:13 AM
esp13
Oct 28 2017, 10:02 AM
I wasn't saying that episode guarantees have no impact, just that the pacing problems aren't entirely about that, IMO. And there are ways around the guarantees. Maybe instead of paying AS for 5 days of wandering around Salem, they could have paid other characters for an extra day that week? And even if using Sami that way was solely about guarantee issues, it doesn't excuse not using her better. She could have been the focus and also kept momentum going in the story by driving action instead of inaction.

I get that budget restrictions, including guarantees, impact how they can tell a story. But this isn't a new thing and if they can't figure out how to tell the story in those restrictions, them maybe they should tell a different story or tell it in a different way.
IDK about it not being a new thing. These freakishly low guarantees ARE relatively new, and since they've happened, we've yet to have a writer figure out how to do it effectively. I think it's impossible which is why I think they should cut back majorly on their contract cast and have a ton of recurring.
The stories seem to be lacking momentum.

You get into a story and then it disappears for days.


Cutting back the contract cast and having more recurring would definitely help.

Or if they could use the cast in bulk and then have them disappear for a while. ie 4 days a week for three months and then another set of characters 4 days a week for the next 3 months or so. The pop up use of characters on high guarantees but with no real purpose or as story filler is annoying and dull.
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Tammy
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I have a question about episode guarantees. Are the select few given weekly guarantees or yearly guarantees?

Because it seriously makes me cringe when I think of how many of Deidre's episodes were wasted on Hattie lol.
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