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| luvpumpkns | Jan 19 2010, 11:21 AM Post #181 |
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the sad thing is that the writers set up the perfect opportunity for a brady/melanie discussion about carly. instead, they pulled one of those classic soap tricks where one character asks a question, and then the next scene shows the second character across town without any evidence the conversation was finished. brady asked melanie why she hated carly, and all we got was 'give me one reason not to.' i would have liked to see how brady answered that, instead of the show cutting off the end of the conversation to skip ahead to melanie at the hospital. |
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| mer4santo | Jan 19 2010, 12:41 PM Post #182 |
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I'm wondering if this is a nugget of info that will point to Rafe working with Stefano. The Tunnels haven't been brought up in years and it seemed random that EJ would use them all of a sudden. The fact that Rafe still was able to follow Sami might point to something interesting.....please.... OR they will never bring it up again. |
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| lysie | Jan 19 2010, 12:52 PM Post #183 |
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I've been wondering along those lines, too. So many people seem to assume (myself included) that we're supposed to think Rafe is the good guy based on interviews and comments from the actors and behind the scenes things we think are going on, but really...he doesn't come across that way on screen to the majority. Maybe it will turn out differently. |
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| luvpumpkns | Jan 19 2010, 01:04 PM Post #184 |
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i'm not even sure that would work seeing as how deluded melanie seems to be about her own life and the mistakes she has made. today she talks to carly about her upbringing and says "I was raised knowing you can't trust anyone or anything, and it has only made me stronger." what a load of crap. she was raised to manipulate men into trusting her so she and her father could later take advantage of them in any way they could. if anything, she learned early on in childhood not to trust her father, but i never got any indication that the guys and even girls melanie was stealing from were anything more than her innocent victims. then of course, you have the fact that all melanie has done to both philip and nathan is cheat on them, but carly is evil incarnate for sleeping with someone else's husband. maybe they're turning melanie into sami and i missed the memo. Edited by luvpumpkns, Jan 19 2010, 01:05 PM.
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| six | Jan 19 2010, 01:06 PM Post #185 |
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This story is due for another twist.... If Rafe does have an ulterior motive, I'm thinking that it'll be dropped until after safe patches up their issues that are going to crop up now that Rafe has commandeered the ransom drop off. We probably won't get answers until the summer. I really hope you're right though, and something does come of it. Rafe's got nowhere to go but up, so it can't hurt. Edited by six, Jan 19 2010, 01:07 PM.
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| Matt | Jan 19 2010, 01:26 PM Post #186 |
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Line of the Day: VIVIAN: "Is this not Salem? Is this not the Kiriakis Mansion? Am I not Vivian Alamain? Of course I was listening!" |
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| PhilipCanDoBetter | Jan 19 2010, 01:29 PM Post #187 |
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:hail: :hail: :hail: :hail: ITA, with your last statement!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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| Matt | Jan 19 2010, 01:34 PM Post #188 |
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Maggie vs. Kate?! :hail: :hail: :hail: I'm glad my money's on Maggie! |
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| Paxton | Jan 19 2010, 01:35 PM Post #189 |
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Could not agree more. Melanie has always irritated me, to say the least, so I realize it's difficult for me to be fair, but I'm really hoping we can hurry up and get through this phase of forced and hypocritical hatred. Melanie whining about her childhood today--gag. It wouldn't bother me so much if she hadn't been introduced as someone who enjoyed fleecing victims, until they decided to rewrite her backstory and make her a poor, sad victim whose childhood is used to excuse her every action. |
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| PhilipCanDoBetter | Jan 19 2010, 01:44 PM Post #190 |
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Does Philip really want to marry a teenager ??????? I can't stand Melanie! |
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| Red Mist | Jan 19 2010, 02:28 PM Post #191 |
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Well, now I know why we don't see the Two-Headed Monster on Sesame Street anymore. He was killed and skinned. Now Kate wears him. RIP Two-Headed Monster. I never understood a single word you said, but I loved you man. http://www.muppetcentral.com/_images/sesame/two_headed_monster.jpg Notice how IT was PURPLE on Kate? More purple. What does it mean? And for that matter how many licks does it take to get the center of a Tootsie Pop? It was about time for another Vivan and Kate run in. I really enjoy those snarky bitches. I thought the Carly memory Flashbacks were Kampy as hell. They looked liked something you would have seen on Passions. I felt full blown labor and never howled like that...But maybe I'm just a badass. Carly is slowly but surely becoming a cracked egg. It will not be long before she is just insane. Why is Kate being a bitch to sweet Maggie? I loved it when Maggie told Kate off and told her that the only reason she was there was to learn how to trick Melanie into thinking She was human. Go Maggie! Ms Garrett don't play that. LOL @ Vivan gathering dirt from Phillip. The dialogue was hilarious. * Viv looks sincerely insincere* "You wound me my darling. I am the soul of discretion.And I would never do anything to hurt Hope." My fav lines of the day. WTF Was Abe talking soooo....slooooowly? Were they trying to fill in 5 minutes with only two minutes of dialogue. It was quite funny hearing Abe hint at Bo's Hero complex. Melanie looks 15 and acts 13. This is one of the worst characters I have ever seen on this show. If she was just a teenager I think I could stand it, but since they are placing this character in the orbit of adults it is really painful to watch. There is no reason for Phillip and Melanie to be paired up like this. This is just bad writing. Nathan and Stephanie were so snore worthy. Lettuce Sandwich. Today was not bad. The best scenes were with Vivan, Maggie and Kate. |
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| DrewHamilton | Jan 19 2010, 02:34 PM Post #192 |
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Agreed X 100!!! I could totally buy Melanie as a teenager over this 19 year old twit that seems like she's bothering the older characters when she's around them, rather than them enjoying her presence in their group. I just think Melanie would be taken a lot better and more seriously if she were around people her age. And she is! If they would just focus on a Melanie/Nathan/Stephanie triangle, it would work. Take Philip out of the equation please. Daniel and Chloe are experiencing happiness at the moment. Throw him at them and rock their little union. Getting rid of Chelsea, Nick and Max really hurt Melanie for me. |
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| DrewHamilton | Jan 19 2010, 02:35 PM Post #193 |
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On Wonder Bread, even more boring. |
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| Snowing Fan | Jan 19 2010, 02:40 PM Post #194 |
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Kate,what a bitch. |
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| mer4santo | Jan 19 2010, 02:46 PM Post #195 |
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Damn I miss Nick. |
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| Harmony233 | Jan 19 2010, 02:48 PM Post #196 |
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Now granted I don't have any kids but wasn't Carly in labor without any pain meds.Lawrence was creeping me the heck out in those flashbacks pretending to drop the baby.Then for some reason thinking if he got rid of the baby that him and Carly would live happily ever after.What was up with that? I enjoyed Vivian and phillip and laughed when Vivian admitted to easedropping. I enjoyed the Maggie and Kate scenes too.Glad that Maggie told Kate off. |
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| Alligato | Jan 19 2010, 03:06 PM Post #197 |
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Huh? When I said teenager, I meant a high schooler, not 19...but even so, they are playing the story as Melanie and Phillip getting married by picking out the dresses and asking people to be in the wedding and both acting pretty serious about it. So yes, they are seriously trying to marry Melanie and Phillip, and if they want me to believe in them as a couple, whether or not "most of us viewers" see it as a joke, they need to stop making Melanie act like pre-teen, squealy school girl and more like a top of her class student nurse who can impress a CEO. I do think that alot of it is MB's cutesiness or MB herself coming out and playing herself, not a character. Don't think much of her as an actress after this. And from what I recall, Salem isn't LA, and I don't know why they would make Melanie act like an LA teenager, but if so, another reason I'm glad I don't live in LA. Tuesday's show: Wow! Carly and Lawrence haven't changed a bit in 20 years. ;) Pretty sick scene though. Excellent posts, luvnpumkins, about how Melanie's hatred towards Carly could be fixed, and I swear we share the same brain when you mentioned in yesterday's show Melanie told Brady to give her a reason not to hate Carly...what about Carly and Isabella? Carly taking care of Salem, Carly's issues after being buried alive by Vivian. Shouldn't Melanie have issue with Vivian instead of Carly? So yes, that whole story pisses me off to the max, and the hypocracy of Salem right now is at its highest levels. Past Sami levels! And LOL at Melanie at 19 wanting to have Phillip's children and be rich and stay at home because she is an old fashioned girl. I wonder if the old fashioned girl in her liked the internet porn she did with her "best friend's" former fiancee. Ugh...hate her and her little attitude! Where is Ivan? Gus ain't doing it for me! Think Nathan is hot. Stephanie sucks the life out of anyone she is paired with. Can we get Nathan and Arianna maybe? Or Nathan and Nicole? Someone other than those two idiots he has a thing for? LOL, Dragon, about Abe speaking so damn slow! I think I nodded off in those scenes. Loved Maggie and Kate! And I join those who hope for a Carly/Kate vs. Vivian/Hope showdown! I think I'd put my money on Carly/Kate. |
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| Harmony233 | Jan 19 2010, 03:36 PM Post #198 |
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I forgot to mention Melanie.Sice when is she the most popular girl in town.Didn't Kate hate her like a few months.I really hope there not turning Melanie into another Sami.Now granted I was never a Marlena fan but god Sami grated when she used to whine about her horrible hildhood. |
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| dc cubs | Jan 19 2010, 04:09 PM Post #199 |
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Good show today. I liked the different character interactions today. Kate and Maggie rocked. I think Kate thought she was going to be able to steamroll Maggie pretty quickly to get the info she needed. Boy was she wrong. Nice nod to Maggie's alcoholism when Kate said she said that she didn't know how Maggie could get through Mickey's death without anything stronger than tea. I enjoy the brother dynamic between Bo and Phillip. I welcome more scenes between them. They are few and far between but always good when given the chance. Phil is so much better when he's allowed to play with the adults. When was the last time we saw Bo and Abe talking about something other than a police case. This was nice to see. The show needs to showcase character friendships more. MS plays the bad guy so well as evil Lawrence. |
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| Keith | Jan 19 2010, 04:14 PM Post #200 |
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I love how they played the Maggie/Kate scenes. yes, it was abut Melanie - but it also wasn't. Rogers really made it about what Maggie thinks of Kate and it was fantastic. And the threat! So much love. Bo is an idiot. Hope is a cop. Even if you don't trust her as your wife, trust her as your friend, you bafoon. I loved Lawrence. I just love psychotic villains and somehow I thought the baby drop threat was more delicious than disturbing I guess the line was just so well written, lol. I missed the beginning of the show - anything good with Melissa? |
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