Show Still Slow

There’s a slow building of the story lines right now, but I find that’s much better than just jumping into something too quickly and then scratching my head and saying to myself, ‘huh?  how/when/where did that happen?"  I especially like Nick’s story, but I totally agree about Gabi and Chad.  I think both of these actors are boring and their talent just seemed to fly out the window, or , as I more than likely suspect, never was there to begin with.  I wish they would get into a build-up for Bo’s exit, though; they (the show) certainly owe this actor a more respectful exit story line than they gave a long-time vet like Matt Ashford.  Hmmm, I just don’t know Bryan D.  Have you started cleaning out your dressing room yet?  I can’t see much in your future right about now.  (Just speculating this — no spoiler intended).

It is very slow.  Could they have drug out that hearing any longer?  I was yelling at them, "Get on with it, would you?"  They were trying to make it so dramatic and, to me, it just came off as B-O-R-I-N-G! 

And why didn’t they show us what Melanie had to say.  With all her waffling I’d have liked to hear what she finally decided to say.  We don’t know if she spoke for Nick or against him.

and if they would just keep writing Bryan like that, I would love it.  He had E.J. really thinking about what he said today, and although E.J. was trying to brush Lucas’ warnings out of his face, he couldn’t help but admit to his self that Lucas knows Sami better than any man, and although E.J. may have tried not to show it, he’s worried.  That’s why he quickly concocted that little mind game with Sami trying to make her think that he now believes Rafe is Nicole’s baby daddy when he knows darn well that Nicole’s baby is his (EJ’s) child.  OR, maybe Lucas was the crafty one here, by giving both E.J. and Rafe enough rope to hang themselves, with Lucas planning that Sami will see that he is best for her after all.  He as much told E.J. what he had to do to keep Sami in his life, so was it a trick?  If so it was brilliant on Lucas’ part, although I still like them better together as best friends and not as lovers.  Lucas gets as possessive as E.J. when he’s with Sami and that’s when he gets on my nerves.  Nicole had her smart cap on today today when she saw right through Rafe’s feelings for Sami.  The new writers must give it a rest with Sami, stop her merry-go-round of men, and let her step off.  Pick a man for her, any one of them, and build on it or on why they should be together.  I still predict they’ll put her back with Rafe, and that’s when we will see the real E.J. DiMera return.

you are giving the writers way more credit regarding Lucas’ motives than they could possibly come up with.  I don’t think they can be that deep.  But I did think Lucas had some great lines there and delivered them very well.

And I’m not so sure EJ was using a ploy on Sami when he said he was beginning to believe Nicole’s baby was Rafe’s.  Again, I don’t think the writers would use that…mainly because they don’t think WE’D get it if they did.  Don’t forget, they believe we are all a bunch of turnips on a truck.

I’ve never been a big fan of Lucas one way or the other but if they continue to give him material like that, he would well earn his keep on the show, IMO, of course.  I thought he actually/finally did get to EJ and make him take pause regarding Sami.

I think EJ really loved (maybe still does) Nicole.  I think Sami is just a possession/obsession kind of thing.  Sort of like her, he wants what he can’t have.