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Tuesday, June 10th Daily Discussion
Topic Started: Jun 10 2014, 01:46 AM (18,932 Views)
Will&Sonny


Rosebud
Jun 10 2014, 08:18 PM
Will&Sonny
Jun 10 2014, 02:54 PM
As expected, Julie annoyed the hell out of me today. Nothing that Gabi or Hope told her sunk into that thick, Nick-loving skull of hers, and she continues to make excuses for him and act like he was the victim instead of the abuser. It's going to be a long time before I can start to feel anything other than disdain for her. I wouldn't be surprised if newer viewers don't even realize that Julie is related to Will and Arianna. Hell, she seems to have forgotten herself.

Marlena also annoyed me today -- I can't help thinking that what she is doing is borderline unethical, if not blatantly so. I've suspected since her conversation with Gabi that she was going to either break Gabi's trust or manipulate the situation to find a loophole so that she would be free to talk about the river incident with Sami and Kate, so I'm not surprised that the latter happened, but the fact remains that it does feel like a manipulation to me.

And just once, I want to hear a character thank another character for not confessing a crime to them and consequently burdening them with the task of keeping it quiet instead of constantly hearing characters whine about how the person who committed the crime should have confided in them about it.
Marlena overheard Sami and Kate, and did nothing unethical today.
She stalked them for the express purpose of overhearing them so that she would be able to loophole her way out of being bound to respect Gabi's confidentiality. I stand by my assessment that what she did was borderline unethical, if not blatantly so.
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KAM
Jun 10 2014, 08:41 PM
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Jun 10 2014, 06:41 PM
I'm going to start calling Soc "SoccerMother" and Soapy "SoapFemale" and tom "ThomasSawyer". Idk how to lengthen the rest of your names.
Well, unlike EJ, my use of initials does not mask shame for my fake names.

So, if I'm addressed formally, go ahead and make me a diva...actually, make that three divas...
and call me Kristian Arianne Maura. B-)
When you post that you're in agreement with someone else, I always pretend that your username stands for "couldn't agree more" and that you're just a poor speller. ;)

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Matt
Jun 10 2014, 09:17 PM
Also, I don't know why Gabi hasn't just told everyone about the attempted rape AND about her hitting Nick over the head with the rock. All she really needs to say is that, at the time, she thought she'd killed him and panicked and ran out of the woods only to later find out that Nick was alive. Then when he came back to Salem, he was threatening to tell everyone that she'd tried to murder him with the rock on purpose and left him in the woods to die. Problem solved.
But, while I don't necessarily think that the writers have thought this through to the point of using this as a reason not to allow Gabi to present the events that way, if she did present the events that way, it would likely hurt her case -- in the real world, at least. Any halfway decent prosecutor could spin that as her first attempt to murder Nick. It's better for Gabi if it looks like shooting Nick was her first -- and only -- attempt to retaliate against any wrongdoing she suffered at his hands.
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marie1969
Jun 10 2014, 09:28 PM
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Jun 10 2014, 04:19 PM
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Jun 10 2014, 12:17 PM
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Jun 10 2014, 12:13 PM

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Oh yeah it was her MAIN reason. She said as much herself in her confession. He had blackmail on her..what could she do?! Go to the police? She KNEW how he would HANDLE that..so yeah that was a major part in the murder. I will never buy the BS that she was terrified of him. She could have stopped it at any time by confessing and saying that he was blackmailing her.
So...she was afraid that Nick would get her sent to prison for her part in Melanie's kidnapping, so her solution was to instead get herself sent to prison for even longer by killing Nick and confessing not only to her part in Melanie's kidnapping but also to a much more serious crime? :huh?:
I doubt she thought she was going to get caught LOL. Sure she made things worst for her by murdering Nick. but most killers do the same thing. they commit murder to keep their secret buried and end up making things worst.

Gabi actually thought she would get away with it and I think she would have, if Will had not confessed forcing her to clear him by confessing herself.

I know Hope had evidence, but that evidence was flimsy at best. What Gabi should have done was destroy or burn the diaper bag after putting the gun back. If Hope questioned her, she could have said she had left the diaper bag in the car or better yet she was in so much shock, she must have left it behind somewhere. so it is lost. They would not been to prove anything. :shrug:
In her official confession, Gabi said she had been having nightmares (and daydreams) about Nick and that, while she had initially believed that she would be able to live with what she had done and keep it a secret forever, she had ultimately realized that it wouldn't be possible for her to do that. It sounded like she would have soon cracked with or without Will's false confession and Hope's evidence. Theoretically, if Will hadn't confessed and Hope had just been allowed to continue the investigation (that she never should have been a part of in the first place...no, I haven't gotten over that yet), she would have eventually found the same evidence about the missing diaper bag, which would have led her to at least question Gabi, which could have led Gabi to confess on the spot instead of stonewalling Hope and challenging the evidence.

Of course, the problem is that, for the sake of the "surprise reveal" that Gabi was the killer, Gabi's claim that she had been having nightmares about Nick didn't really mesh with the calm, peaceful, optimistic Gabi we saw after Nick's death.

In any case, my post was sarcastic. I was questioning the logic that Gabi's main reason for killing Nick was to cover up lesser crimes she had committed and that what she told the police about being terrified of Nick was "bullshit".
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james0479
Jun 10 2014, 09:29 PM
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Jun 10 2014, 09:22 PM
I am starting to hate Eric after today's episode. This supercouple is ruined for me and he was just as annoying as the bitch in the flesh colored pantsuit and the
Orange penis
Yea it's real shitty....I've found myself really frustrated with Eric the last few weeks. The biggest twist Days has come up with in YEARS has been how quickly they ruined Eric and Nicole. I literally never saw that one coming! And it blows!!!
Nicole sabotaging a relationship with a man she claims to love isn't exactly what I would consider a twist. It's her pattern of behavior. It's completely in-character for her. Personally, at the risk of sounding rude, I think that being invested in Eric and Nicole's story might have caused some fans to don blinders and convince themselves that the road to Happily Ever After would be smooth sailing for Eric and Nicole after he left the priesthood. I realize that Nicole's fans were hoping for growth and maturity from her, but honestly, that would have been an unpredictable twist. What actually happened wasn't really shocking at all. And Eric and Nicole can still be the endgame, with or without this blight on their relationship, if that's what the writers want.
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Jun 11 2014, 12:17 AM
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Jun 10 2014, 06:39 PM
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Jun 10 2014, 06:24 PM
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Jun 10 2014, 06:18 PM

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Oh, you're discussing this as if EJ is a real guy. I meant that it would be difficult to call Johnny John because it would be confusing for the viewers. I agree that it's impolite to change up names on people. I'm not sure why you wonder if this is a writer's choice, though. It's a definite Dimera male trait. I fully expect Chad to pick it up, too.

Also, I think it's funny that you're so worked up about this. "These men are not her father?" That is so dramatic, lol.
Have you never had this conversation with me before? It's so a hot button for me, and I don't even know why. I'll get used to it for a while and then he'll start with someone else. It just grates. And triple ugh to John calling Abe Abraham. And seriously, if Sami went by Samantha and he decided to call her Sami, it wouldn't bother me nearly as much if even at all.

I question whether or not it's the writers because of how inconsistent it is. Not that the writers can't be inconsistent (LOL), but like...in some instances I've wondered if James just doesn't know that their name is actually short for something.
I think it's totally an actor choice. I don't believe for one minute that script writers give two shits about any character's name. And they would totally not be consistent about it, considering how many different writers there are and have been through the years.
And all the Dimera actors separately decided to do it? ^o)

The inconsistency can be explained by there being more than one script writer. There's also at least one script writer who thinks younger relatives should use titles to refer to older relatives and others who don't.
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sillibella
Jun 10 2014, 10:02 PM
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Jun 10 2014, 09:49 PM
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Jun 10 2014, 09:32 PM
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Jun 10 2014, 09:28 PM

Quoting limited to 4 levels deepfor even longerGabi actually thought she would get away with it and I think she would have, if Will had not confessed forcing her to clear him by confessing herself.

I know Hope had evidence, but that evidence was flimsy at best. What Gabi should have done was destroy or burn the diaper bag after putting the gun back. If Hope questioned her, she could have said she had left the diaper bag in the car or better yet she was in so much shock, she must have left it behind somewhere. so it is lost. They would not been to prove anything. :shrug:
The bolded part made me chuckle. Gabi would've gotten away with it too if it hadn't been for those pesky kids, Shaggy and Scooby...aka Will and Sonny. :blulaugh:
I would love it if Wilson have a conversation where they realize that if they had only confided in each other about their mutual suspicions, they would have figured out the only other person who could have known the gun was there was Gabi. They could have all hopped Victor's jet to Indonesia, Arianna included, and be living a lovely ex-patriot life together.

Also, I think it's contrived (to facilitate CB's exit) that Gabi isn't fighting the charges. EJ basically said there was little to no evidence without her confession. On top of that, all Gabi needed to say was that Nick was threatening and stalking her, she had the gun for protection and she panicked and fled after shooting him. They'd have to work around the timing and the phone call to Marlena (although that could be used in Gabi's favor since he admits he has problems and needs help).
I adore WilSon but I absolutely agree that their stupidity helped do Gabi in and for a completely ridiculous reason. I think even GW said in an interview/article that Will and Sonny pretty much have a rule about open communication and it was really odd that they wouldn't talk about Nick's murder. Will, Sonny and Gabi really did work out their problems by the end so them skipping town together would've made perfect sense. CB announced she was leaving well before she did (6 months or so, right?) and I think the writers had ample time to come up with a better exit story that would have had just as much drama but didn't leave so many of us wondering what the hell the writers were smoking when they wrote it up.
But skipping town would have required three actors to be leaving instead of just one. Freddie Smith and Guy Wilson aren't going anywhere (yet), so Gabi needed to exit in a way that would allow Will and Sonny to stay in Salem. And if Gabi had suddenly vanished (to a place that conveniently doesn't have an extradition treaty with the United States), that would have tipped off the police that something was up, so it's not like Will and Sonny would have been free to take Arianna to visit Gabi (or vice versa) whenever they wanted to. Their activities would have been strictly monitored from that point forward. Gabi could have escaped with her "freedom", but the end result would have been the same either way -- separation from Arianna.
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Rosebud
Jun 11 2014, 12:40 AM
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Jun 10 2014, 11:09 PM
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Jun 10 2014, 08:08 PM
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Jun 10 2014, 05:22 PM

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Sami made it sound exactly like that today, and Marlena just sat there and took it as usual, ugh :drunk:


I don't think that is what Sami was saying at all. the point is Marlena knew that it would humiliate Brady in public, it would embarrass Eric to have this shown at his church while he was presiding and she went ahead and did it anyway because she was bent on destroying Kristen and it backfired. I don't think Marlena gave much thought how Brady would feel. She only cared once she realized her precious Eric was in the video.
I don't know what you are talking about. Marlena didn't know what was on the video,mso how could she be thinking any of that?
That's not true.

From the transcript for the November 7th, 2013 episode:

"Marlena: What is it?

Victor: Proof that Kristen has the morals of an alley cat. It's footage of her cheating on Brady."

Later:

"Marlena: I just want to know what Brady's going to see.

Victor: You want a more graphic description? It's Kristen sweating up the sheets with another man."

Later:

"Marlena: At least--at least tell me that it wasn't Daniel.

Victor: Oh, good god [sic], no. Of course not. I wouldn't publically [sic] humiliate my godson like that. What do you think I am?"

So it's also not true that Marlena believed that Daniel was the man in the video.
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Jun 11 2014, 12:05 AM
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Ugh. I didn't watch yesterday because I knew I'd be annoyed by all these scenes, and these screen caps just confirmed that I made the right decision. And Jennifer's pantsuit makes me even more annoyed. Can someone remind me, how did Ericole's nice little love story turn into this shithole of a mess? What a miserable waste.
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Jun 10 2014, 11:37 PM
One more time. Just in case.

I would like FOR ONCE for someone to actually answer this. Are there scenes I'm just forgetting where Marlena has listed Sami's crimes for the beginning or gone back and scolded her for the stuff from the past? I can't think of a single time that's happened, and yet I can think of several times Sami has accused her of doing it. It's frustrating to me because it seems to have just been accepted on soap boards that that's what always happens, but I've never actually seen it happen...let alone always. So someone please. Show me what you/they are talking about.
Lysie why is this difficult for you to accept? Everything happens off screen. Julie and Nick were very close off screen. Nick and Abby were also very close off screen. And Gabi was fearful of Nick off screen. So, I guess throughout the years Marlena has done this to Sami. If they don't want us to believe this...why wouldn't Marlena call her on it.

Speaking of Marlena, for a psychiatrist, she's really a poor communicator. And she's way too cavalier with her patient's confidentiality.
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Jun 11 2014, 07:29 AM
Rosebud
Jun 10 2014, 08:18 PM
Will&Sonny
Jun 10 2014, 02:54 PM
As expected, Julie annoyed the hell out of me today. Nothing that Gabi or Hope told her sunk into that thick, Nick-loving skull of hers, and she continues to make excuses for him and act like he was the victim instead of the abuser. It's going to be a long time before I can start to feel anything other than disdain for her. I wouldn't be surprised if newer viewers don't even realize that Julie is related to Will and Arianna. Hell, she seems to have forgotten herself.

Marlena also annoyed me today -- I can't help thinking that what she is doing is borderline unethical, if not blatantly so. I've suspected since her conversation with Gabi that she was going to either break Gabi's trust or manipulate the situation to find a loophole so that she would be free to talk about the river incident with Sami and Kate, so I'm not surprised that the latter happened, but the fact remains that it does feel like a manipulation to me.

And just once, I want to hear a character thank another character for not confessing a crime to them and consequently burdening them with the task of keeping it quiet instead of constantly hearing characters whine about how the person who committed the crime should have confided in them about it.
Marlena overheard Sami and Kate, and did nothing unethical today.
She stalked them for the express purpose of overhearing them so that she would be able to loophole her way out of being bound to respect Gabi's confidentiality. I stand by my assessment that what she did was borderline unethical, if not blatantly so.
In real life she can't even use a loophole. She broke confidentiality. Shouldn't talk about what her patient shared with her, even if the other person knows the full story. She confirmed to Sami about something Gabi said. She should never have talked to them at all.
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Jun 11 2014, 07:29 AM
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Jun 10 2014, 08:18 PM
Will&Sonny
Jun 10 2014, 02:54 PM
As expected, Julie annoyed the hell out of me today. Nothing that Gabi or Hope told her sunk into that thick, Nick-loving skull of hers, and she continues to make excuses for him and act like he was the victim instead of the abuser. It's going to be a long time before I can start to feel anything other than disdain for her. I wouldn't be surprised if newer viewers don't even realize that Julie is related to Will and Arianna. Hell, she seems to have forgotten herself.

Marlena also annoyed me today -- I can't help thinking that what she is doing is borderline unethical, if not blatantly so. I've suspected since her conversation with Gabi that she was going to either break Gabi's trust or manipulate the situation to find a loophole so that she would be free to talk about the river incident with Sami and Kate, so I'm not surprised that the latter happened, but the fact remains that it does feel like a manipulation to me.

And just once, I want to hear a character thank another character for not confessing a crime to them and consequently burdening them with the task of keeping it quiet instead of constantly hearing characters whine about how the person who committed the crime should have confided in them about it.
Marlena overheard Sami and Kate, and did nothing unethical today.
She stalked them for the express purpose of overhearing them so that she would be able to loophole her way out of being bound to respect Gabi's confidentiality. I stand by my assessment that what she did was borderline unethical, if not blatantly so.
How on earth can you come to the conclusion that she STALKED them? :blulaugh:
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six
Jun 11 2014, 07:36 AM
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Jun 11 2014, 12:17 AM
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Jun 10 2014, 06:39 PM
six
Jun 10 2014, 06:24 PM

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Have you never had this conversation with me before? It's so a hot button for me, and I don't even know why. I'll get used to it for a while and then he'll start with someone else. It just grates. And triple ugh to John calling Abe Abraham. And seriously, if Sami went by Samantha and he decided to call her Sami, it wouldn't bother me nearly as much if even at all.

I question whether or not it's the writers because of how inconsistent it is. Not that the writers can't be inconsistent (LOL), but like...in some instances I've wondered if James just doesn't know that their name is actually short for something.
I think it's totally an actor choice. I don't believe for one minute that script writers give two shits about any character's name. And they would totally not be consistent about it, considering how many different writers there are and have been through the years.
And all the Dimera actors separately decided to do it? ^o)

The inconsistency can be explained by there being more than one script writer. There's also at least one script writer who thinks younger relatives should use titles to refer to older relatives and others who don't.

Whether itīs on the actors or the writers I think EJ calling Sami Samantha is an Ejami thing in the same way as John calling Marlena doc or Bo hope Fancy Face is their thing. I think it makes the women feel special.
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Jun 10 2014, 11:12 PM
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Jun 10 2014, 09:17 PM
Also, I don't know why Gabi hasn't just told everyone about the attempted rape AND about her hitting Nick over the head with the rock. All she really needs to say is that, at the time, she thought she'd killed him and panicked and ran out of the woods only to later find out that Nick was alive. Then when he came back to Salem, he was threatening to tell everyone that she'd tried to murder him with the rock on purpose and left him in the woods to die. Problem solved.
Simple and brilliant. With Nick dead and Percy gone, why not?
That makes WAY too much sense... :P


Something has to give with this show. For years, it's been the same people doing basically the same stuff all of the time. Nicole does stuff that hurts herself, Sami blames Marlena for her shortcomings, Julie gets way too dramatic, Daniel is the savior and the list goes on and on.... How I would love to see other people in some story lines. At this point, I don't think bringing back Kristen and Eve back will even do the trick. New writing is so needed. The only problem with that is that who will it be? I don't have a lot of faith in Corday to choose someone who will tell a story that makes sense from beginning to end. The taping schedule, though it saves money, isn't saving these story lines at all. The sad part is that they will do nothing different and we will be stuck with a show that makes no sense.

---end of rant--- :shame:
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Jun 11 2014, 08:31 AM
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Jun 11 2014, 07:29 AM
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Jun 10 2014, 08:18 PM
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Jun 10 2014, 02:54 PM
As expected, Julie annoyed the hell out of me today. Nothing that Gabi or Hope told her sunk into that thick, Nick-loving skull of hers, and she continues to make excuses for him and act like he was the victim instead of the abuser. It's going to be a long time before I can start to feel anything other than disdain for her. I wouldn't be surprised if newer viewers don't even realize that Julie is related to Will and Arianna. Hell, she seems to have forgotten herself.

Marlena also annoyed me today -- I can't help thinking that what she is doing is borderline unethical, if not blatantly so. I've suspected since her conversation with Gabi that she was going to either break Gabi's trust or manipulate the situation to find a loophole so that she would be free to talk about the river incident with Sami and Kate, so I'm not surprised that the latter happened, but the fact remains that it does feel like a manipulation to me.

And just once, I want to hear a character thank another character for not confessing a crime to them and consequently burdening them with the task of keeping it quiet instead of constantly hearing characters whine about how the person who committed the crime should have confided in them about it.
Marlena overheard Sami and Kate, and did nothing unethical today.
She stalked them for the express purpose of overhearing them so that she would be able to loophole her way out of being bound to respect Gabi's confidentiality. I stand by my assessment that what she did was borderline unethical, if not blatantly so.
How on earth can you come to the conclusion that she STALKED them? :blulaugh:
All you had to do was watch her lurking in the shadows and following them around, eavesdropping and waiting for her chance to confront them.
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I might be wrong (most likely) but I thought Sami was deliberately bringing up the infamous past to do a bit of an emotional blackmail. She was caught by her mother and she used emotional blackmail to gain control the situation. It's out of habit and a cycle they go through whenever Sami is caught that Marlena failed to brake.
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Jun 11 2014, 07:38 AM
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Jun 10 2014, 10:02 PM
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Jun 10 2014, 09:49 PM
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Jun 10 2014, 09:32 PM

Quoting limited to 4 levels deepfor even longerGabi actually thought she would get away with it and I think she would have, if Will had not confessed forcing her to clear him by confessing herself.
I would love it if Wilson have a conversation where they realize that if they had only confided in each other about their mutual suspicions, they would have figured out the only other person who could have known the gun was there was Gabi. They could have all hopped Victor's jet to Indonesia, Arianna included, and be living a lovely ex-patriot life together.

Also, I think it's contrived (to facilitate CB's exit) that Gabi isn't fighting the charges. EJ basically said there was little to no evidence without her confession. On top of that, all Gabi needed to say was that Nick was threatening and stalking her, she had the gun for protection and she panicked and fled after shooting him. They'd have to work around the timing and the phone call to Marlena (although that could be used in Gabi's favor since he admits he has problems and needs help).
I adore WilSon but I absolutely agree that their stupidity helped do Gabi in and for a completely ridiculous reason. I think even GW said in an interview/article that Will and Sonny pretty much have a rule about open communication and it was really odd that they wouldn't talk about Nick's murder. Will, Sonny and Gabi really did work out their problems by the end so them skipping town together would've made perfect sense. CB announced she was leaving well before she did (6 months or so, right?) and I think the writers had ample time to come up with a better exit story that would have had just as much drama but didn't leave so many of us wondering what the hell the writers were smoking when they wrote it up.
But skipping town would have required three actors to be leaving instead of just one. Freddie Smith and Guy Wilson aren't going anywhere (yet), so Gabi needed to exit in a way that would allow Will and Sonny to stay in Salem. And if Gabi had suddenly vanished (to a place that conveniently doesn't have an extradition treaty with the United States), that would have tipped off the police that something was up, so it's not like Will and Sonny would have been free to take Arianna to visit Gabi (or vice versa) whenever they wanted to. Their activities would have been strictly monitored from that point forward. Gabi could have escaped with her "freedom", but the end result would have been the same either way -- separation from Arianna.
Yeah. I know that GW & FS are staying, that's why I suggested an alternate later that involved just Gabi going but I would think that the characters of Will and Sonny would have gladly helped Gabi with Arianna scape and gone with her (especially in light of Victor's offer) if they had known Gabi was going to jail.

And given there was no evidence other than a hunch that Hope had about the diaper bag and Gabi's confession, there's little likelihood of international manhunts being spent on the possible murderer of a man who was himself convicted of murder. Gabi just wouldn't have ever been able to come back (unless the writers devised a loophole). But it might have been interesting for the character's possible return if she had spent time on the run in foreign locales rather than in jail.
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Jun 11 2014, 08:31 AM
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Jun 10 2014, 08:18 PM
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Jun 10 2014, 02:54 PM
As expected, Julie annoyed the hell out of me today. Nothing that Gabi or Hope told her sunk into that thick, Nick-loving skull of hers, and she continues to make excuses for him and act like he was the victim instead of the abuser. It's going to be a long time before I can start to feel anything other than disdain for her. I wouldn't be surprised if newer viewers don't even realize that Julie is related to Will and Arianna. Hell, she seems to have forgotten herself.

Marlena also annoyed me today -- I can't help thinking that what she is doing is borderline unethical, if not blatantly so. I've suspected since her conversation with Gabi that she was going to either break Gabi's trust or manipulate the situation to find a loophole so that she would be free to talk about the river incident with Sami and Kate, so I'm not surprised that the latter happened, but the fact remains that it does feel like a manipulation to me.

And just once, I want to hear a character thank another character for not confessing a crime to them and consequently burdening them with the task of keeping it quiet instead of constantly hearing characters whine about how the person who committed the crime should have confided in them about it.
Marlena overheard Sami and Kate, and did nothing unethical today.
She stalked them for the express purpose of overhearing them so that she would be able to loophole her way out of being bound to respect Gabi's confidentiality. I stand by my assessment that what she did was borderline unethical, if not blatantly so.
How on earth can you come to the conclusion that she STALKED them? :blulaugh:
Erm...because she did. She clearly followed them from one place to the next so that she could eavesdrop on their conversation.

From Merriam-Webster:

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: to follow (an animal or person that you are hunting or trying to capture) by moving slowly and quietly

: to go through (a place or area) while hunting

: to follow, watch, and bother (someone) constantly in a way that is frightening, dangerous, etc.
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Jun 11 2014, 08:40 AM
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Jun 10 2014, 09:17 PM
Also, I don't know why Gabi hasn't just told everyone about the attempted rape AND about her hitting Nick over the head with the rock. All she really needs to say is that, at the time, she thought she'd killed him and panicked and ran out of the woods only to later find out that Nick was alive. Then when he came back to Salem, he was threatening to tell everyone that she'd tried to murder him with the rock on purpose and left him in the woods to die. Problem solved.
Simple and brilliant. With Nick dead and Percy gone, why not?
That makes WAY too much sense... :P


Something has to give with this show. For years, it's been the same people doing basically the same stuff all of the time. Nicole does stuff that hurts herself, Sami blames Marlena for her shortcomings, Julie gets way too dramatic, Daniel is the savior and the list goes on and on.... How I would love to see other people in some story lines. At this point, I don't think bringing back Kristen and Eve back will even do the trick. New writing is so needed. The only problem with that is that who will it be? I don't have a lot of faith in Corday to choose someone who will tell a story that makes sense from beginning to end. The taping schedule, though it saves money, isn't saving these story lines at all. The sad part is that they will do nothing different and we will be stuck with a show that makes no sense.

---end of rant--- :shame:
Too bad Corday refuses to hire Sheri Anderson, because I'm pretty sure she desires the job.
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She stalked them for the express purpose of overhearing them so that she would be able to loophole her way out of being bound to respect Gabi's confidentiality. I stand by my assessment that what she did was borderline unethical, if not blatantly so.
How on earth can you come to the conclusion that she STALKED them? :blulaugh:
All you had to do was watch her lurking in the shadows and following them around, eavesdropping and waiting for her chance to confront them.
I must have missed all that lurking and following them around. And that wouldn't even be stalking.
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