Hi, everyone. I’m white-knuckling my way to the end of my teaching program while attempting to keep up with Real Life (TM), marriage, dog ownership, etc. So I’m watching Days in binges at the moment, which is:
a) a thing I would not wish on anyone else
b) truly shocking to the eye, ear, and mind
With that said, let’s review the past however-many Days of nonsense!
First up, Wendy dressed in what I can best describe as a bowling shirt that a Cabbage Patch Kid might wear in order to attend a tearful sit-down with her boyfriend’s parents about going on a trip.
Am I insane (yes) or did it seem like everyone in these scenes had a different understanding as to whether Tripp and Wendy were going to Hong Kong to visit her family or were moving forever? As I type that, I realize the writers and production crew probably didn’t know either, so…
Up next, Alex donned Kristen’s robe in a very confusing round of hook-up bullshit.
I actually think the idea of a dumb boy-toy works well for Kristen (or Kate!), but I can’t figure out the aim of this story. Kristen wants Brady back? Alex wants Theresa? But Kristen is mostly acting like a preening psycho toward Brady, and Alex is mostly rejecting Theresa, except on days when the script writer didn’t get the notes about their overall intentions… What is this?! I don’t even want to get into the part where Kristen’s psycho ass wanted her six-year-old daughter to walk in on her and Alex “cuddling” so she’d tell Brady, who apparently already knew they were “together” anyway. I don’t know if this woman is terminally stupid or if the script writers literally have no idea what’s supposed to happen day-to-day, but good grief.
Ava, who has become annoying on the level of a Daniel Jonas or Leo Stark in terms of improbably being forced in front of us, donned some kind of magical braid that caused Roman to both employ and house her despite the fact that she killed his father.
I cannot fathom how or why anyone thinks we want this lady as a central (anti?-)heroine. The actress is good! The character has had nothing resembling a clear or sensible throughline! Unless we’re about to embark upon a story in which Roman has dementia, he shouldn’t want this dangerous and unpredictable woman pouring coffee for his patrons or watching Mob Wives down the hall from him. It’s absolute foolishness.
Otherwise: I have zero confidence that a story about Chanel possibly having a child with special needs thanks to Paulina’s ridiculous radiation poisoning will be handled sensitively… Sloan spilling to EJ and him keeping it to himself is actually a decent twist… I think I was supposed to feel bad for Leo getting dumped via letter but I just thought it was fitting and slightly funny… This thing with John pulling one over on Konstantin was semi-clever, but all those flashbacks to Marlena advising John to breathe while he twitched crazily were both comedic and exhausting.
Anything I missed?