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I know John is the love of her life and all that but this business at the Pub and the fallout is insane. It’s like all she cares about is John. Johnny is her grandson, and all her grandkids and her own kids were in the Pub when the shooting happened. Doesn’t she care about anyone but John? She’s just hovering around him and she doesn’t seem to want to go to Sami or make sure Ali and Sydney are OK. John is much more concerned about her family than she is. She doesn’t care if Carrie gets shot or her precious Will either. I am beginning to think that her absence from Sami’s tragic life the past few years was deliberate.
I would have) been overly obsessive and fussy over John. I know she loves him, but if they’d (the writers on the show) kept them locked up in the apartment just one more day with her cooooooooing and babying this big strong guy, I would have had to FF’d them (and let me stress here – I am so happy they are back on the show) just not this way…can’t wait for the trial to be over. I thought it was going to come down to her mashing his peas and carrots for him!
Agreed! Surely Marlena has to be concerned as a grandmother over her grandchild missing and her children and grandchildren going through that shooting…if not on a personal level, then on at least a professional level.
I think she feels that she needs to be with John cause he has no one else to be with him. Everyone else is either looking for Johnny or working on his case. He cannot go anywhere so she will stay with him. What would she do with Sami? Hold her hand? Sami would just be yelling at her that it is all John’s fault.
has never been shown to be much of a grandma. I don’t recall many scenes of her even being involved w/the grandkids.
ITA she is too much attached to the hip with John. Hey, I’M getting cabin fever just watching these apartment scenes!with Sami today on the subject of Marlena. Marlena has always put John first–to the point of ridiculousness! Everything Sami said was true, and I for one was cheering her on. If my grandchild were missing, I’d be right there with my daughter to show my concern or at least be at the police station to find out more information.
Am I the only person who has never especially liked Marlena? Nothing against Deidra Hall or any of her fans, but I’ve never cared for her character. She tends to grate on my nerves. I give Sami a LOT of passes on things she’s done because I thought if Marlena was my mother, I’d be crazy, too! LOL.
she doesn’t even want them to call her grandma. My DIL’s mother is like that, she is in her 70s (won’t admit to any age but her daughter is 50) and still doesn’t want to be thought of as a grandmother. Heck, I’m proud of it. I had to wait a long time to be called that.
I liked Marlena when she first came on the show as Laura’s therapist then Don then Roman’s wife. The last few times she’s been she really gets on my nerves with her nose in the air and dictating propriety to others. Rather than being the strong woman I loved she’s turned into a one woman vigilante with anyone she feels has done wrong including everyone in her family except John.
is that he’d be sneaking out if she wasn’t there! Plus, she’s never been involved when any of Sami’s kids have had issues. Where was she when Sydney was kidnapped? Where was she when Grace (I know she wasn’t really Sami’s) died? I can’t imagine too many grandmothers not wanting to be there in either of those two cases!
No, you are not the only person who doesn’t especially like Marlena. I don’t care for the actress or the character. However, each viewer is entitled to his or her own opinion.
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It was VERY strange to say the least that Marlena did not go to Sami. I know Sami has a lot of people around her but in a time like this, she needs her mother. And Marlena tells Carrie to tell Sami that she (Marlena) is putting her arms around her. Give me a break. Go see your own kid! With that said, I also think Sami is acting like her old obnoxious self; blaming John yet again. I can understand her being beside herself with anger/grief over Johnny being missing, but it’s always John’s fault where she’s concerned!
She has never been extremely comfortable in the ‘grandma’ role, and John is her husband after all. She has gone to and through hell and back for John, so does that mean she doesn’t care about her children or her grandchildren? Absolutely not, IMO. I can certainly understand that she would want to be with him for his court appearance. He’s already left the apartment while under house arrest, and she knows it would not take much for him to do it again. I think the confusion in the pub left everyone running around like a chicken with their head cut off. Everyone was so shook up, and it’s understandable that Marlena would be more concerned for John than anyone at that instant, because she probably thought that perhaps he had been shot. I can’t imagine her running up to Sami or Carrie or the kids before John. He is her main concern; he is her husband, and it was clear that everyone else was taking care of, or accounting for their own families. I just can’t see Marlena as some sort of uncaring mother/grandmother just because she didn’t run to them. It was obvious to me that she certainly did care that they were all alright. She just did not want to leave John’s side, and sorry, but I can’t fault her for that.
John is NOT a child. Why does he need a babysitter? If he’s going to do something stupid, it’s on HIS head.
I never liked her either. When she first came back I enjoyed her interaction with Brady and Will but this business with babying John is annoying. I feel that she is revered as some sort of saint and I just don’t see her that way. Her own kids are very troubled and she pays little or no attention and takes no responsibility. As a therapist she sucks. Always hypnotizing everyone! So stupid. And that breathy voice! She always has to take a huge gulp of air before she speaks and then she still swallows all the words. Sorry Marlena fans, don’t flame me, just not a fan. I am a Bope and Patch and Kayla girl all the way.
John. John has always (except for when he was flat on his back from being shot or something), been in control and in charge, he doesn’t need a mother, he needs Marlena to back off – be his helpmate and mate, not a hovering, cooing, whatever she’s turned into. And Marlena knows it, she’s always stood beside John, not held his hand like he is a child.
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