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| Friday, June 29th Daily Discussion | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Jun 28 2012, 01:33 PM (11,946 Views) | |
| DesignatedShelley | Jun 30 2012, 05:52 PM Post #141 |
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I liked the Lexie flashbacks, man she was around for so long. Sad times. I thought the whole Lexie Approves of EJami bit was heavy-handed. I do like EJ and Sami having some kind of connection, but I still don't ship them romantically. Ari and Shawn have good chemistry, but the whole "lets recap things we both already know so the viewers are properly primed for our interactions" was also heavy-handed. Also is Rebecca back to being the love of Daniel's life? Chloe and Jennifer are just bygones? The "The Johnson brothers are bad husbands who are bad at marriage bad bad bad" stuff was annoying, much as I'm trying to be a grown up about this. ETA: I agree that it's super weird how they reacted to Steve's texts in light of not only Jack's recent history but how they just made a Jack and Steve comparison. If not Jennifer, why didn't Jack himself stop to point out that maybe there's more than meets the eye here? It's sloppy. Edited by DesignatedShelley, Jun 30 2012, 05:57 PM.
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| concerned | Jun 30 2012, 05:56 PM Post #142 |
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Does anyone remember when Lexie approved of EJ and Sami? I assumed it was sometime in the Johnny has cancer scare time but haven't been able to find it. I know she approved of EJ and the one that shouldn't be spoken of. Was Sami approval pre or post this debacle. |
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| Liz<3Days | Jun 30 2012, 06:03 PM Post #143 |
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Lexie thought Nicole was "the lesser of two evils." He told her this when EJ, Theo and her were sitting at the Brady pub. Lexie tried to think of a woman for him and he was noticing Nicole (funny enough...talking to Dan) at the bar. Then Lexie noticed his eye wandering towards her. She knew right away that he was interested in her. |
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| outrageous | Jun 30 2012, 09:15 PM Post #144 |
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I just watched the episode, and I too enjoyed it very much. It was a very nice tribute to Lexie, very touching and well made. I would have liked it if the whole episode was dedicated to her, instead of being split between this very important occasion and Nicole and Daniel. They could have saved that for the next episode. I don't like that they're involving Nicole with other men while she's pregnant with another. It's also very remeniscent of Sami's pregnancy storyline when she was involved with Rafe. The audience generally dislikes recycled storylines, myself included. I did enjoy the Ejami scenes. I though they were very appropriate, and tastefuly done. I liked the fact that Sami brought the kids over, and I liked that they touched on Sami's past, bringing home the point that she is not that different than EJ. All in all, a good episode. |
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| Nubia | Jun 30 2012, 09:44 PM Post #145 |
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The Queen
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Wow....that exceeded my low expectations. They gave Lexie the final send off that she deserved. |
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| Geovanne | Jun 30 2012, 10:13 PM Post #146 |
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one thing more thing I enjoyed this week with John and Marlena, they did something I always loved watching them do and that is dance. Even in the background, I sooooo loved watching them background dance. |
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| eugenie | Jul 1 2012, 06:59 AM Post #147 |
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I sincerely hope I do NOT have to see EJ crouching over to dance with a slug after that smokin' tango with the long-legged Nicole. |
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| DayDreamer | Jul 1 2012, 09:42 AM Post #148 |
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Fan of EJ+ABBY!
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Wow,... talk about awkwardness between EJAMI. EJ really does still loves her... *sighs* I feel so bad for EJ... losing her sister, losing his father, now being accused by the cops of murder, having Rafe deal with and his smugness and tries to bring Ej down....no friends left in the world, .. and his love for Sami that is never returned due to different reasons. One can see that Sami has some kind of feelings for him but she tries so hard to deny it.. at least in my eyes. Anyways, loved the Lexie parts.. I loved that character will all my heart. When she was a Dimera it was so entertaining. Her fights with Sami etc.. |
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| Dee-anne | Jul 1 2012, 10:00 AM Post #149 |
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I am curious. What exactly did you see in the scene for you to believe EJ loves Sami? |
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| JamaicanBeauty7 | Jul 1 2012, 10:05 AM Post #150 |
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OT: love your avi. I couldn't stop looking at it. You have the best avi/banner combo on DR right now. :wub: |
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| DayDreamer | Jul 1 2012, 10:45 AM Post #151 |
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Fan of EJ+ABBY!
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LOL, I love this... yeah, I agree... I do think those two could be really hot together and finally we might get the old Nicole back. I am really disliking this current SL with her.. its ruined her. Besides, that Greg-dude is hot!! I hope he really bring something interesting to the show. |
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| SocRMum1 | Jul 1 2012, 06:17 PM Post #152 |
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Much prefers sweevil, snarky EJ over Father Figure Fucktard Eejiot.
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You don't. :) |
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| PhoenixRising05 | Jul 1 2012, 11:18 PM Post #153 |
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I just had to quote this because I agree 100% on what you said about both Thursday and Friday. Friday was no shock given a Culliton wrote it. These two episodes had to be the best all around Days episodes in years. The music cues and other technical aspects, the acting, the writing, the pacing...perfect. Past stories were highlighted, present story moved, and groundwork was laid for future story. This is what soap opera should be. The episodes have definitely been showing a little improvement in flow and execution lately so I do wonder if because this was all material at the end of MarDar's tenure that maybe the writing team took on more responsibility and juggled some stuff around. Whatever the case, Thursday and Friday were more than improvements. The show felt like a completely different show than it's been in a long time. My only nitpick is that Maggie should've been there as it was her restaurant and she and Lexie did interact enough to warrant her being there. That's a minor nitpick though. I love that they used an actual song too, even if it was Austin and Carrie's. I also have to commend them on how they are laying the groundwork for Kayla and Abe and how they are progressing Daniel and Nicole. I LOVE that they brought up how Daniel was with Chloe, Nicole's best friend, and Nicole helped keep Chloe's secrets from Daniel. I also love that they brought up the time Daniel came to Nicole's rescue when EJ tried to kill her and they bonded at his apartment when she broke down over her miscarriage. I only wish they showed a flashback. This pairing actually has build up because you can rely on that past interaction as well as Daniel helping Nicole the past few months. The fact that both characters would be characters to have sex first and develop feelings for each other later also plays to Days' current way of writing couples. AZ and SC have the chemistry and the characters work well together. i like how they call each other out on each other's past. My only worry is that putting them together long-term could end up isolating them from the canvas since Nicole has almost no friends or family on the show and Daniel has a flimsy connection to Maggie and Victor and that's it. Loved the choice of flashbacks and all the history mentions to Lexie's past. I was glad we got Jonah and Brandon mentions as those were needed. Loved bringing up what Lexie did to Bo and Hope too. KA did a great job with Hope's toast. She always does well with scenes like that. Deidre Hall was brilliant in that final scene too as she read that perfectly chosen poem during the montage. What a beautiful montage too! They even got the "evil queen" dress in there! And the Sami and EJ scenes were the best scenes between these two since their first 6 months airing in scenes together IMO. AS and JS played everything perfectly. Loved the awkwardness and tension. That is how the scenes should be played and written. There should always be a mixture of so many emotions there. It should never be too friendly or too hateful. Good stuff. This just goes to show you it's not necessarily the head writers but the scriptwriters and writing team that make all the difference. I don't give MarDar much credit for this because the stories are still awful but the writing team and scriptwriters put together two masterful episodes on Thursday and Friday. Hopefully, with Tomsell, the stories will improve because if the writing team can churn out scripts like Thursday and Friday and we have better stories to go with them, the show will really be in fantastic shape. |
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| eugenie | Jul 2 2012, 08:40 AM Post #154 |
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No? They don't show it? Why, thank you! SUCH a relief. Edited by eugenie, Jul 2 2012, 08:40 AM.
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| Lil | Jul 2 2012, 09:47 AM Post #155 |
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I adored the flashbacks and all things Lexie related. Sami & EJ, while less annoying then usual...still make me want to hurl. Mostly cuz I'm sick to death of both of them. Daniel & Nicole are actually entertaining me. Color me (orange?) suprised! Did not enjoy Kayla bitching about Steve at the memorial. Felt ripped off by getting one quick Jack scene where he said some very un-Jack-like things. But maybe I'm just bitter. In any case the absolute highlight for me was Marlena at the end. Love her!!! Also, when making the toast why did Hope keep looking at Gabi? lol Lastly...I hate hate HATE Frankenleno and BT's Celeste. Missing Tanya Boyd soooo hard. Glad BT will be gone soon. But I did liek that she had some actual Celeste-like things to say today to EJ. |
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| JamaicanBeauty7 | Jul 2 2012, 10:23 AM Post #156 |
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Oh, they show it but you don't have to see it. It's the wonders of FF, or in my case, rewind. :wub: |
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| eugenie | Jul 2 2012, 04:31 PM Post #157 |
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I guess my television decided to have mercy on me and show me something else, because I did not see the slug and the mayor dancing. Whew! I always fear for JS's back around the slug. I have seen him staggering under its weight twice. Not pretty. |
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| Lil | Jul 3 2012, 08:00 AM Post #158 |
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LOL @ "slug" My husband and I decided yesterday that the most apt nickname for it was the "Cunt-Beast." |
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| mandadawn | Jul 7 2012, 05:45 PM Post #159 |
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Finally catching up on a month's worth of DVR episodes... The pimping of Abe and Kayla is getting more pronounced. Not sure how I still feel about it. Loved the episode though! |
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