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Nov 1 2017, 10:30 PM
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I can't believe this bore is supposed to be a sweep episode. The search for Will is a whole bunch of dull scenes. And the fact that they're doing this, but still haven't dug up the damn grave, makes it hard for me to take them seriously. I don't know why Gabi and Eli exist. She sucked all the potential out of him.
I'm going to rewatch the Halloween episode, unlike this one, it was entertaining.
Are we still pretending Eli was interesting past his initial debut? He hasn’t done anything since and even the recent stuff with Gabi has been more about his character’s past, which was played more for exposition and has gone nowhere.
He managed to hold on to that “he could have potential” glow until recently. Idk if that’s on Gabi but she sure didn’t help it. I think he sucked long before this mess with Gabi started up (again). But then again, I legit lost interest in him after all I saw was his grumpy cat face in all of his scenes. Since arriving, has he actually done anything, honest question because I can’t think of a single thing besides his initial debut.
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Nov 1 2017, 10:39 PM
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I think he sucked long before this mess with Gabi started up (again). But then again, I legit lost interest in him after all I saw was his grumpy cat face in all of his scenes. Since arriving, has he actually done anything, honest question because I can’t think of a single thing besides his initial debut.
Days casting need to stop with the model looking non actors. We have 2 in GG and LA. Good looking but oh so boring to watch as leading actors.
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Nov 1 2017, 10:45 PM
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He managed to hold on to that “he could have potential” glow until recently. Idk if that’s on Gabi but she sure didn’t help it.
I think he sucked long before this mess with Gabi started up (again). But then again, I legit lost interest in him after all I saw was his grumpy cat face in all of his scenes. Since arriving, has he actually done anything, honest question because I can’t think of a single thing besides his initial debut. I’ve liked his stuff with Val and Lani. I think LA can act but the character is identical basically to Lani and JJ.
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Nov 1 2017, 10:47 PM
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I think he sucked long before this mess with Gabi started up (again). But then again, I legit lost interest in him after all I saw was his grumpy cat face in all of his scenes. Since arriving, has he actually done anything, honest question because I can’t think of a single thing besides his initial debut.
Days casting need to stop with the model looking non actors. We have 2 in GG and LA. Good looking but oh so boring to watch as leading actors. I think calling LA a leading actor is an incredibly large stretch. He’s barely a day player, and he hasn’t lead a single story.
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Nov 1 2017, 10:54 PM
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He managed to hold on to that “he could have potential” glow until recently. Idk if that’s on Gabi but she sure didn’t help it.
I think he sucked long before this mess with Gabi started up (again). But then again, I legit lost interest in him after all I saw was his grumpy cat face in all of his scenes. Since arriving, has he actually done anything, honest question because I can’t think of a single thing besides his initial debut. I agree with you now, but I think he still had some potential until recently. He wasn’t amazing. I just thought he had potential. He probably still does as an actor, but I don’t think the character does anymore.
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Nov 2 2017, 06:53 AM
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I like Sami and Lucas, but they both are annoying me right now.
Adrienne is so attentive to Sonny. How could everyone not know that Bonnie wasn't her?
I feel bad for Paul. He needs to find someone new.
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Nov 2 2017, 07:01 AM
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Yesterday was sort of bitter sweet for me. I thought I would love the Lumi interaction but I didn't and it was mainly because of Sami, not that Lucas isn't pissing me off too, but yesterday specifically I couldn't help hating Sami. With Lucas I just feel like the alcoholism now is not even plot driven anymore, it's stupid. I appreciated that apparently in yesterday's scenes he was sober, but I know it's just a matter of time again before he drinks and I'm over it. BD is still doing a good job with the material but I think the writing needed to shift to him working to stay sober for the sake of Will. At this point, there is really no reason for Lucas not to believe that the possibility exists that his son is alive, so it doesn't play well for him to continue to booze it up now especially if he wants to work together with others to find his son.
The only point I enjoyed in the Lumi scenes was when she was telling him to get over the losses in his life..and to focus on something else....it reminded me of the time around SSK he told her the exact same thing and then he said, "Dammit" and kissed her. Aside from that the rest left a lot to be desired and it was because of Sami. I have a problem with how she's being written. Sami was always callous, and I was fine with her wanting Lucas to pretend to be drunk to cause a distraction so she can escape, that was typical Lumi type of scheming....but I didn't like the rest. At her worse, when they were full blown enemies she tried to stop him from drinking. She is just horrible, and mind you I did enjoy the Lumi back and forth, but I didn't enjoy when it shifted to her telling him that what he does best is get drunk and he should go ahead and do that so she can leave....at this point, I'm looking forward to the Lucloe scenes over the Lumi ones.
I am actually looking forward to the Ludrianne scenes...still think that the writing has done any of these characters any favors....but given how quickly Adrienne and Justin are being reunited and given what we saw with how focused Adrienne was with Lucas in jail. It just feels like plot driven to get Lucas and Chloe together and that's fine but it could have been written better. Ron could have had Adrienne focus on Justin in jail over Lucas...but he didn't.
Not impressed with this Will story at all...hoping something happens after today to peak my interest.
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Nov 2 2017, 08:07 AM
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Commenting on Eli- why why why is he in this Gabi bubble? It’s all he’s done and it’s not helping the character develop at all.
I really do feel sorry for Paul at this point and I wish he’d take a step back. Sonny clearly doesn’t love him the way he loves Sonny.
I’m rrally confused about how Justin and Adrienne recommit to each other by tomorrow. Such a rush job. I also didn’t like how Sami clearly fooled Justin. That’s twice now he’s looked silly.
I didn’t have an issue with J&M talking about Sami like a child because she deserves it at this point. I didn’t like fake heroine Sami but daily shenanigans are not a good look on a 40 year old mother of 4. I sort of wish they’d blast her and get it over with- even if she got angry at them.
All that said, I’m reallllllly looking forward to Susan.
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Nov 2 2017, 08:18 AM
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I just started yesterday's episode, and I just gotta say that, I am really impressed, even though they 'are' the regular hospital sets, I am really impressed they attempted to make it different. I can't think of an example right now, but I KNOW that in the recent years, they have went on a trip and had a same hospital/same waitingroom, ect. Even though the waiting room was the same hospital room set, I give them props for not just using the Salem University waitingroom.
I also was really impressed with the lighting in Sonny's hospital room. ... Not something I usually compliment... but in the last many years, the lighting has looked fake to me, like an obvious set. The last year or two, it seems to have gotten a little better, and not as bad, but I think Sonny's hospital room is the most realistic lighting I've seen in a LONG time!
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Nov 2 2017, 11:32 AM
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Yesterday was sort of bitter sweet for me. I thought I would love the Lumi interaction but I didn't and it was mainly because of Sami, not that Lucas isn't pissing me off too, but yesterday specifically I couldn't help hating Sami. With Lucas I just feel like the alcoholism now is not even plot driven anymore, it's stupid. I appreciated that apparently in yesterday's scenes he was sober, but I know it's just a matter of time again before he drinks and I'm over it. BD is still doing a good job with the material but I think the writing needed to shift to him working to stay sober for the sake of Will. At this point, there is really no reason for Lucas not to believe that the possibility exists that his son is alive, so it doesn't play well for him to continue to booze it up now especially if he wants to work together with others to find his son.
The only point I enjoyed in the Lumi scenes was when she was telling him to get over the losses in his life..and to focus on something else....it reminded me of the time around SSK he told her the exact same thing and then he said, "Dammit" and kissed her. Aside from that the rest left a lot to be desired and it was because of Sami. I have a problem with how she's being written. Sami was always callous, and I was fine with her wanting Lucas to pretend to be drunk to cause a distraction so she can escape, that was typical Lumi type of scheming....but I didn't like the rest. At her worse, when they were full blown enemies she tried to stop him from drinking. She is just horrible, and mind you I did enjoy the Lumi back and forth, but I didn't enjoy when it shifted to her telling him that what he does best is get drunk and he should go ahead and do that so she can leave....at this point, I'm looking forward to the Lucloe scenes over the Lumi ones.
I am actually looking forward to the Ludrianne scenes...still think that the writing has done any of these characters any favors....but given how quickly Adrienne and Justin are being reunited and given what we saw with how focused Adrienne was with Lucas in jail. It just feels like plot driven to get Lucas and Chloe together and that's fine but it could have been written better. Ron could have had Adrienne focus on Justin in jail over Lucas...but he didn't.
Not impressed with this Will story at all...hoping something happens after today to peak my interest. The only time I say Adrienne being focused on Lucas while she was in prison was when she was being told by either Hattie or Sheila that Bonnie had broken up with Lucas while pretending to be her. She was already crying while hearing the news and she certainly did say "oh poor Lucas" so what have I missed?
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Nov 2 2017, 11:33 AM
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I think he sucked long before this mess with Gabi started up (again). But then again, I legit lost interest in him after all I saw was his grumpy cat face in all of his scenes. Since arriving, has he actually done anything, honest question because I can’t think of a single thing besides his initial debut.
I’ve liked his stuff with Val and Lani. I think LA can act but the character is identical basically to Lani and JJ. Too many cops and cop-types. It helps to cut down on the sets:characters ratio I guess but not much else.
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Nov 2 2017, 11:34 AM
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Yesterday was sort of bitter sweet for me. I thought I would love the Lumi interaction but I didn't and it was mainly because of Sami, not that Lucas isn't pissing me off too, but yesterday specifically I couldn't help hating Sami. With Lucas I just feel like the alcoholism now is not even plot driven anymore, it's stupid. I appreciated that apparently in yesterday's scenes he was sober, but I know it's just a matter of time again before he drinks and I'm over it. BD is still doing a good job with the material but I think the writing needed to shift to him working to stay sober for the sake of Will. At this point, there is really no reason for Lucas not to believe that the possibility exists that his son is alive, so it doesn't play well for him to continue to booze it up now especially if he wants to work together with others to find his son.
The only point I enjoyed in the Lumi scenes was when she was telling him to get over the losses in his life..and to focus on something else....it reminded me of the time around SSK he told her the exact same thing and then he said, "Dammit" and kissed her. Aside from that the rest left a lot to be desired and it was because of Sami. I have a problem with how she's being written. Sami was always callous, and I was fine with her wanting Lucas to pretend to be drunk to cause a distraction so she can escape, that was typical Lumi type of scheming....but I didn't like the rest. At her worse, when they were full blown enemies she tried to stop him from drinking. She is just horrible, and mind you I did enjoy the Lumi back and forth, but I didn't enjoy when it shifted to her telling him that what he does best is get drunk and he should go ahead and do that so she can leave....at this point, I'm looking forward to the Lucloe scenes over the Lumi ones.
I am actually looking forward to the Ludrianne scenes...still think that the writing has done any of these characters any favors....but given how quickly Adrienne and Justin are being reunited and given what we saw with how focused Adrienne was with Lucas in jail. It just feels like plot driven to get Lucas and Chloe together and that's fine but it could have been written better. Ron could have had Adrienne focus on Justin in jail over Lucas...but he didn't.
Not impressed with this Will story at all...hoping something happens after today to peak my interest.
The only time I say Adrienne being focused on Lucas while she was in prison was when she was being told by either Hattie or Sheila that Bonnie had broken up with Lucas while pretending to be her. She was already crying while hearing the news and she certainly did say "oh poor Lucas" so what have I missed? She cried for Lucas before she knew anything about break up. She was begging to call her fiance.
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Nov 2 2017, 12:13 PM
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Come on Ron, We are counting on YOU !!
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Yesterday was sort of bitter sweet for me. I thought I would love the Lumi interaction but I didn't and it was mainly because of Sami, not that Lucas isn't pissing me off too, but yesterday specifically I couldn't help hating Sami. With Lucas I just feel like the alcoholism now is not even plot driven anymore, it's stupid. I appreciated that apparently in yesterday's scenes he was sober, but I know it's just a matter of time again before he drinks and I'm over it. BD is still doing a good job with the material but I think the writing needed to shift to him working to stay sober for the sake of Will. At this point, there is really no reason for Lucas not to believe that the possibility exists that his son is alive, so it doesn't play well for him to continue to booze it up now especially if he wants to work together with others to find his son.
The only point I enjoyed in the Lumi scenes was when she was telling him to get over the losses in his life..and to focus on something else....it reminded me of the time around SSK he told her the exact same thing and then he said, "Dammit" and kissed her. Aside from that the rest left a lot to be desired and it was because of Sami. I have a problem with how she's being written. Sami was always callous, and I was fine with her wanting Lucas to pretend to be drunk to cause a distraction so she can escape, that was typical Lumi type of scheming....but I didn't like the rest. At her worse, when they were full blown enemies she tried to stop him from drinking. She is just horrible, and mind you I did enjoy the Lumi back and forth, but I didn't enjoy when it shifted to her telling him that what he does best is get drunk and he should go ahead and do that so she can leave....at this point, I'm looking forward to the Lucloe scenes over the Lumi ones.
I am actually looking forward to the Ludrianne scenes...still think that the writing has done any of these characters any favors....but given how quickly Adrienne and Justin are being reunited and given what we saw with how focused Adrienne was with Lucas in jail. It just feels like plot driven to get Lucas and Chloe together and that's fine but it could have been written better. Ron could have had Adrienne focus on Justin in jail over Lucas...but he didn't.
Not impressed with this Will story at all...hoping something happens after today to peak my interest.
The only time I say Adrienne being focused on Lucas while she was in prison was when she was being told by either Hattie or Sheila that Bonnie had broken up with Lucas while pretending to be her. She was already crying while hearing the news and she certainly did say "oh poor Lucas" so what have I missed?
She cried for Lucas before she knew anything about break up. She was begging to call her fiance. and moreover, we didn't see her REAL desire to be with Justin during that entire time....you know they could have written it that the experience made her long for him, made her want to be with him, heck we could have seen flashbacks of them to get the point across that something was happening with Adrienne that made her realize life was indeed to crazy to not be with the one you love. But during the time we saw none of that, actually we saw her choose Lucas after she had a chance to choose Justin, we saw her cry and want to call Lucas when she could have long for Justin. NOTHING in this story and her behavior has made me believe that Adrienne doesn't love Lucas and to me that is the biggest problem, by now the audience should get the hint, not be told that she will go back to Justin just because.
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Nov 2 2017, 04:11 PM
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She cried for Lucas before she knew anything about break up. She was begging to call her fiance.
and moreover, we didn't see her REAL desire to be with Justin during that entire time....you know they could have written it that the experience made her long for him, made her want to be with him, heck we could have seen flashbacks of them to get the point across that something was happening with Adrienne that made her realize life was indeed to crazy to not be with the one you love. But during the time we saw none of that, actually we saw her choose Lucas after she had a chance to choose Justin, we saw her cry and want to call Lucas when she could have long for Justin. NOTHING in this story and her behavior has made me believe that Adrienne doesn't love Lucas and to me that is the biggest problem, by now the audience should get the hint, not be told that she will go back to Justin just because. IMO, the audience that knows and loves Justin and Adrienne and their 30 year love story has always known that even though Justin hurt her very badly she always held a special part of her heart only for him. She never stopped loving him but she did think they were over the minute she signed their divorce papers. We knew eventually they would find their way back to each other come hell or high water, we just waited knowing it would happen.
Ron is an ass not giving Justin and Adrienne a much better reunion, throwing them together with hardly an explanation is shoddy and unforgivable for the audience who loves them dearly.
We have always known that Adrienne is a very caring person so of course she loves Lucas, but once Justin came back into her life the feelings she has always had for him reappeared which startled her and she was stunned. When Sonny visited her in prison he reminded her that she had made it clear that she wanted to be with Lucas and she replied that it is not that clear to her now.
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Nov 2 2017, 06:12 PM
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She cried for Lucas before she knew anything about break up. She was begging to call her fiance.
and moreover, we didn't see her REAL desire to be with Justin during that entire time....you know they could have written it that the experience made her long for him, made her want to be with him, heck we could have seen flashbacks of them to get the point across that something was happening with Adrienne that made her realize life was indeed to crazy to not be with the one you love. But during the time we saw none of that, actually we saw her choose Lucas after she had a chance to choose Justin, we saw her cry and want to call Lucas when she could have long for Justin. NOTHING in this story and her behavior has made me believe that Adrienne doesn't love Lucas and to me that is the biggest problem, by now the audience should get the hint, not be told that she will go back to Justin just because. Even today (Thursday) Adrienne didn't seem particularly like she'd had some sort of Justin-related revelation. If today were the first time I'd ever watched Days and I didn't know that Adrienne/Justin are the legacy couple, I would have thought that there was about to be a story about Lucas/Adrienne working out their issues. For the first half of the show, Adrienne was emphatically about Lucas. How she cared so much about Lucas. How Lucas had to listen to her and she would sing Elvis songs if she had to (that would've been very cute were it not for Lucas' history with Elvii.) How she had thought about Lucas every day. How she'd been desperate to get back to him. How she'd heard about Will and the drinking and wanted to help.
Then there was a short, random-seeming burst of dialog. "Oh see I didn't know Justin was still into me even though he crashed our wedding and competed with you for me the whole time I had cancer and I had to dump him again at the end, and once he rescued me I knew I had to be with him because reasons."
Then there was another fifteen minutes of Adrienne acting like she loved Lucas and would work things out if he were willing, culminating in him absolutely not being willing.
Then there was the episode tag of her being back with Justin.
As a Lucas fan, obviously I'm glad Adrienne didn't cheat on him, or string him along, and that there weren't months of Adrienne officially being with Lucas while she shared her deepest thoughts and dreams with Justin.
But as someone who also likes Justin and Adrienne... that was ungood.
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Nov 2 2017, 09:07 PM
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and moreover, we didn't see her REAL desire to be with Justin during that entire time....you know they could have written it that the experience made her long for him, made her want to be with him, heck we could have seen flashbacks of them to get the point across that something was happening with Adrienne that made her realize life was indeed to crazy to not be with the one you love. But during the time we saw none of that, actually we saw her choose Lucas after she had a chance to choose Justin, we saw her cry and want to call Lucas when she could have long for Justin. NOTHING in this story and her behavior has made me believe that Adrienne doesn't love Lucas and to me that is the biggest problem, by now the audience should get the hint, not be told that she will go back to Justin just because.
Even today (Thursday) Adrienne didn't seem particularly like she'd had some sort of Justin-related revelation. If today were the first time I'd ever watched Days and I didn't know that Adrienne/Justin are the legacy couple, I would have thought that there was about to be a story about Lucas/Adrienne working out their issues. For the first half of the show, Adrienne was emphatically about Lucas. How she cared so much about Lucas. How Lucas had to listen to her and she would sing Elvis songs if she had to (that would've been very cute were it not for Lucas' history with Elvii.) How she had thought about Lucas every day. How she'd been desperate to get back to him. How she'd heard about Will and the drinking and wanted to help. Then there was a short, random-seeming burst of dialog. "Oh see I didn't know Justin was still into me even though he crashed our wedding and competed with you for me the whole time I had cancer and I had to dump him again at the end, and once he rescued me I knew I had to be with him because reasons." Then there was another fifteen minutes of Adrienne acting like she loved Lucas and would work things out if he were willing, culminating in him absolutely not being willing. Then there was the episode tag of her being back with Justin. As a Lucas fan, obviously I'm glad Adrienne didn't cheat on him, or string him along, and that there weren't months of Adrienne officially being with Lucas while she shared her deepest thoughts and dreams with Justin. But as someone who also likes Justin and Adrienne... that was ungood. Honestly, I think this whole thing is easier to take as a Justin and Adrienne fan who is very familiar with their history. It's very easy for me to believe that she would go back to him so suddenly, because she did it infinity times back in the day. It's very easy for me to believe she never stopped loving him, because as good as her relationship was with Lucas, knowing her history with Justin and how consuming their relationship was, there's just no relationship that could top that for either of them and there's really no getting over that. For all the rest of the audience who is not familiar with them, though, I can see how those things are not so easy to buy, because Ron completely rushed this and gave Justin/Adrienne very little POV during the whole story. Not only did we barely see Adrienne in prison, but I have no idea how Justin actually emotionally handled finding out that Adrienne didn't really come back to him. I assume not great, but onscreen he's seemed fine. So many missed beats and opportunities. Will Adrienne ever find out Justin saved the Spectator? Will Lucas ever find out he slept with Bonnie and not Anjelica? I won't hold my breath, because this seems done.
All that being said, as messy as this triangle has been and as messy as her feelings have been, the way the breakup played out kind of made sense to me. I think Adrienne clearly didn't go in there planning to break up with Lucas or admit to feelings for Justin. She does love Lucas and went in wanting to get him to hear the truth, throw away his alcohol and get back on track. And she was very close to accomplishing that, but then she hesitated when he asked if she still wanted to be with him, and then Justin came up, and it was all downhill from there. And I felt at the end, her desperation was about knowing that when she walked out the door, Lucas was going to return to his self-destruction.
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