Days: Wednesday, July 7, 2010

Nicole totally slams Ari in her report on Arianna's bail release. She's very unnerved by E.J.'s threats about knowing that she's framed Ari.

Recap of Ciara telling Justin that her mommy had his wallet under her bed with the other man's wallets and that they're gone now.

Justin has gone up to check on Hope and runs into Avenger who is leaving to go meet Dr Baker.

Chad and Will are fighting for the mothers' honor. Chad tries to slam Will's head into the sand. Um, dude, that's not really going to hurt him. :D

Stefano and E.J. are talking. I'm not really listening. Sorry.

Sami and Caroline are talking about E.J. and Victor. I'm also not listening. If the Dimera's aren't actually DOING anything then I find other people talking about them extremely boring.

Justin tells Hope that he was with Ciara and that she told him that Hope had his wallet etc. Avenger says, "Damn it! She's lying. She's lying just to get attention." Justin is a little taken aback. He says that he would think so too except that Ciara said it so casually. Avenger gets defensive. Justin is amused and concerned at the same time.

Sami calls Nicole 'Judas' hehehehe. Sami says, "See this back and forth thing, we're talking? I really don't like that." Nicole is trying to see if E.J. has revealed any evidence that he has, Sami is not saying anything.

Justin offers to see if he can get Ciara to open up to him about what she saw. Avenger doesn't want that. She stops his talking with a big kiss.

Adrienne walks in and see Ciara drawing alone in the living room. Ciara tells Adrienne (who looks amazing btw) that Justin is in mommy's room.

Adrienne walks in to Avenger hugging Justin. She has papers for him to sign. Justin and Adrienne leave the room. Avenger sneaks out of the house.

Dr Baker missed her. Aawwww.

Sami and E.J. and the kids are going on a picnic.

Nicole breaks into the Dimera mansion. Ha!

Maddie is concerned that Chad was fighting. She wants to know what the fight was about and who it was with. Chad's not telling. He tells her that it's because the kids are jealous of Maddie and Mr. Woods basically buying his way.

Avenger has given Dr Baker a list of supplies. He's shocked. Avenger says, "The problems I have with that man will finally be laid to rest." This does not look good for Bo.

Days: Friday, June 25, 2010

Shane says that he was too busy saving the world and lost his family. Rafe says that he's going to fix things now.

Kayla tells Bo that he should have never given up. She says, "Carly's great. She always have been. But right now she is nothing more than a distraction for you." At least we got a bit of Carly support. I don't enjoy every one seeming to be against her. Bo says, "I love that distraction."

Jen and Bill show up to tell Mike that Alice has died.

Hope shows up at Bo's She doesn't even act excited to see Kayla or Kim. Hope asks if it's a bad time, if Carly is around. Bo says that she's at the hospital. Hope needed to see Bo before she said goodbye to Alice.

Rafe says it's not easy with Sami. She never listens. Shane says, "Lies a lot too as I remember." Heehee. Shane points out to Rafe that how Sami acts isn't his problem, that his problem is that he can't stop thinking about her.

I'm distracted by Carrie's outfit. It's black lace over green and the green is a different shade than her green necklace. It doesn't look like a very Carrie outfit. Maybe I just don't remember Carrie at all. :)

Justin and Adrian run into each other on the dock. Adrian asks him how Hope is doing. He doesn't know.

Hope wants Bo to say a few words at the funeral. She tells him that she's not okay and she doesn't think that she can make it through the day without all of her family. She means you Bo. Run and call Carly. Do it now!

Poor Mike! He's all sad and crying because he didn't get to say goodbye. Lexi isn't going to let Mike out of the hospital for the funeral today. What?!? So wrong, so very very wrong.

Kayla runs into Adrian and Justin. Big hugs all around. Kayla and Adrian talk about Stephanie. It's really great to see Mary Beth Evans and Judi Evans in the same scene again. :)

Bo didn't get the pointed look. He tells Hope that she's not alone today, that her family is around her and that includes him. Dude, she's not going to let it go at you just being there.

Adrian is trying to tell Kayla that Stephanie is more attached to Nathan than might be healthy, but doesn't actually spill the beans.

Mike is understandably upset. He's loud and angry and make Jen cry. He immediately apologizes and pulls her into a hug.

Shane is amused by Rafe's ramblings about Sami and E.J. Shane has no fond feelings toward the Dimera family.

Justin walks up to check on Hope. Caroline sees it and says, "She should be in your arms Bo. Your arms." No she shouldn't. Lay off Caroline. You're being way too judgmental and meddlesome lately.

Kate has called Sami because Giovanni is running a fever and she didn't want to do anything without talking to Sami first. Seriously! LOVING Kate!

This is a sweet service. They are going around the circle by picking up off of someone else's words. It's like they're just sitting around the living room recalling memories to each other. It's that kind of casual feel, except that they're all standing around a coffin instead.

Kate asks Sami how Giovanni is doing. Sami says that he's doing well. Then Kate asks about the service. Sami says it was beautiful. Kate asks about Lucas. Sami says that he looked good.

Flashback of Mike talking to Alice about Carrie and Austin. She suggested he become Chief of Staff to distract him from Carrie.

Kim sees Shane across the clearing for a split second at the funeral. Hope says that Alice was the woman that she hoped that she herself could be. She's crying and Ciara looks worried. Absolutely beautiful montage of Alice, some shots with Tom and some from the flashbacks we've just seen. Last line of the montage is Alice talking to the picture of Tom, "Goodbye my darling. 'Til we meet again." Hope says 'Goodbye Gran' and they pan to Ciara and she's been crying and has one tear rolling down her cheek.

Sami answers the door at the mansion and finds Rafe. :)

Each person proceeds past the coffin and lays a yellow rose on top. Bo and Ciara are the last two. Shane walks up to Kim and says, "Hey." Kim says, "Oh no. Oh no Shane you do not just sneak up on someone and say, 'Hey' " She storms off and tells Bo that she's see him at home. That leaves Bo and Hope alone.....

The end credits start with a picture and title card "In loving memory of Frances Reid"

That was an incredibly touching and very well put together tribute to Alice Horton and to Frances Reid. She will be missed.

Days: Thursday, June 24, 2010

Kayla shows up at Bo's. She says that she wishes it were under better circumstances. Kayla brought Kim with her. Yay! :)

Shane and Rafe are on a plane. They ended up on the same plane by separate paths and aren't actually 'traveling together.' Hehehe.

Carrie and Roman in the Pub. Carrie says that she's worried that Anna might do something crazy.

Hope is falling apart and asks who she will turn to now that Alice is gone. Doug says, how about me? Hope goes to hug her dad.

Maggie is bustling about. Bill tells her to take care of herself.

Salem character commercial spot. "Nature Valley Granola Nut Clusters" In case you're interested. This time they had the little actress playing Ali do the commercial.

Kate and Lucas, Kate is wearing purple and her blue streak is very in focus today. Lucas is sad, Kate is missing Alice too. It's very sweet.

Jen is on the phone with the funeral place. Alice sat down and planned it after Mickey died. They won't have to do anything. Another Julie/Alice flashback. :)

Rafe asks Shane if he's going back to the ISA or if the fact that they let him rot in jail for a year soured him. Shane says he needs to make sure his family is okay before he does anything else.

Kim is telling Kayla and Bo that she hasn't heard from Shane. Heehee. She's going to be soooooo surprised. :)

Lucas and Kate are talking about Ali living with him and traveling the world. Lucas doesn't think Sami will go for it. Kate says that she was happy when Lucas took Ali with him because she feels like Ali is getting lost in the shuffle. I love a nurturing Kate. :)

Sami tells Carrie about Rafe and how she drove him away.

Maggie doesn't like being handled. She says that Marie showed up with a ham, then took the trash out and possibly washed her car. Bill says that she was a nun that's what they do. Maggie counters with Laura showing up asking if she needs a ride to the church. Maggie doesn't want to be treated as feeble. She says that she was lost after Mickey died but that she's found herself and she's fine. He asks if she's fine then why didn't she tell anyone that her Myasthenia Gravis came back.

Doug is talking to Hope like Alice thought she and Bo would get back together. Gggrrrrrr!!! >:( Hope isn't the same Hope. She's changed. Bo needs to be with Carly.

Lucas tells Will that he's thinking about running his business from Hong Kong meaning that he'd be away from Will for a longer time. Will is not happy. Of course he's not. He hates not having his dad nearby.

Kim is ranting about Shane being reckless (just like old times) when Roman walks in. Kayla and Kim are stunned.

Bill says that Alice asked him to look after Maggie because she was worried about her. Mickey asked Bill to do the same thing.

Abe shows up at the Horton's. Flashback of Abe arresting Alice. :)

Hope has an Alice flashback. Very 80's Hope shoulder pads big hair and everything.

Will is telling Lucas that he doesn't want to "leave mom and Johnny and Ali and Sydney." Kate clears her throat. "And Grandma. How could I leave Grandma?" He's so deadpan it's funny! Cute scene.

Shane asks Rafe if he's talked to Sami yet. Rafe hasn't so Shane says, "So no on has told you yet? Alice Horton died." How did Shane find that out, but not that hsi family is okay.

Bo says he's going to call Carly. Kayla jumps, "Carly?!? She's not coming to the funeral is she?" Seriously Kayla?

Okay, this is hard. I know that it's a very emotional scene for Kristian Alfonso, but I really want Hope to stop whining.

Bo and Kayla, she's all Hope belongs here. Bo says that he didn't plan it, but that after Hope moved out and Carly came back he fell in love and that changed everything.

Sami said, "I never expected to fall in love with a guy." Heheheheh. That just had to be pointed out. lol And Carrie states the obvious, "Sami is it possible that you love both these guys?" Yes, yes Carrie it is possible. Great detective skills. She was always a little dim though wasn't she?

Frances Reid voice over, reading a letter/poem about love never ending. Sweet. :)

Days: Monday, April 19, 2010

So we start off with Mel's hand on Nathan's knee.
Oh, no! The person that died under Nathan was a fundraising chairwoman for the hospital!
Oh, and The awesome nurse and Stephanie walked in on Mel and Nathan holding hands.
Ciara left her lunch at home. Hope is very busy and frustrated, she's not doing well at work today. Wonder if Carly will end up taking lunch to Ciara?

Sami to Stefano: "Thanks and admiration? I'm gonna have to update my Facebook status." lmao

Abe is considering having Hope take a break fro the force. She begs him not to because it's the only thing she has to hang onto right now. Adrienne walks up behind Abe and says, "I wonder why that is."

Rafe and E.J. are odd in their encounters. They are both so reserved and yet antagonistic. It's creepy calmness to the extreme.

Oh, Nathan and Mel are in "the principal's office" with Lexi. She's grilling them. Love it!
"I've got an intern and a nursing student..." You also had a very capable nurse in the room who did nothing.
Uh, oh dead woman's daughter is there. Stephanie and Nathan are going to talk to her.

Adrienne to Hope: "Tell me do you check up on Justin as part of your police work."
Adrienne is so calling Hope out about her mixed up self and Justin and calling Adrienne to come back, then telling her to leave. Adrienne!

Uh, why is it so hard for Stefano to believe that Sami is Marlena's child. Marlena was not an innocent.
Oooops. Stefano almost spilled the beans in frustration.
"I just can not believe my son ..." Hehehehehe.

Did Hope just call Ciara 'puppy'? Hope is completely flustered and distracted. She's not handling things well.

Adrienne told Justin she already has an owner for the bar, but the the new owner wants to change the name.

Sami accuses Stefano of "kidnapping" Giani's penguin to keep the kids there.

Kate brings a message from Mary to Sami, "The penguin is in the diaper bag. Whatever that means."

It kind of sounds like spy code. "The Penguin is in the diaper bag."

Adrienne says that she's realized that she was leaning on Justin, but that she doesn't need to any more.

Oh, Rafe...
"We've got Anna Dimera in custody. We're finally going to know what happened."
Um, probably not dude.

Kate re: E.J.'s attraction to Sami: "I don't get it. It's like some kind of whistle that only dogs can hear."
......"Then they all spawn with her as well and we're left trying to make a family with all the (whispered) 'Little Ones')
E.J. told Stefano that Anna is in custody. Bet you Stefano regrets not killing her now.

Nathan just told Mel that he was thinking about her when he was working on dead woman.
That's okay Nathan, because Mel was so freaked out she wasn't thinking about anything. So NOT good in a crisis. Mommy needs to teach her to keep her head in an emergency.

I love Rafe filling Sami in on E.J.'s reaction to the news about Anna.
Dude! E.J. said, "I'm gonna lose the children. I'm gonna lose Samantha." Ha! He's all smitten

Ciara is scared that Hope was gone when she woke up. Ciara misses daddy and uncle Justin too. Uh. Hope says, "Maybe we can solve both of those problems." Ciara says, "How mommy?" (right there with you kiddo ) Hope says, "Maybe someday Uncle Justin can be your new daddy."

Hope's gone off the deep end, and that leaves Bo securely in Carly's court. Woohoo!

Uh, oh. They arrested an Anna stand-in.

Now Abe got knocked over the head too. Who is doing it?
Hope? Has she gone all Jeckyl and Hyde? Is that why she's always tired and left Ciara unattended?

Days: Thursday, April 15, 2010

Waiting to see if Philip goes "domestic" and stalker like.

Do you think it's possible for someone to hang Brady upside down from a tree and beat the "Nicole" out of him like a pinata? 'Cause that's not getting old.


Carly is in the pool hall with Adrienne!
Was it me or was Adrienne looking a little flirty?

Philip is not okay with Mel going to the hospital.

Oh! Brady didn't send Arianna with the check. She delivered it without his knowledge.
Um, Arianna if you're a team.... wait Brady is saying what I was going to say. never mind.

You know what. As much as Philip's quiet seething worries me with the possessive spousal abuse vibes he's giving off. I do so much prefer it to the whiny pouting that some of the characters would do in this situation.

Okay, I really, really love Brady and Arianna talking thinks out.
I forgot that the stipulation was that Nicole leave town. oops!

Chloe wonders where Carly is cause she didn't sleep int he guest room last night.
Poor Chloe is just an emotionally confused mess right now. She's warring with herself over making Daniel happy and keeping Carly out of her space.

Aw! Carly friend called Adrienne out about her feelings for Justin.
Hope annoys me. I actually like Ciara in this scene.

Um, Nicole just outed herself didn't she? She just told Brady that it was hard for her to get a job because everyone in town couldn't forget what she did.
Waiting to see his reaction.

Uh oh. Daddy is going to have a little chat with Melanie. Heehee.

Brady is still trying to get Nicole to leave town.

Who else thinks that Day's fascination with Twitter is because of @CrystalChappell?

Ooooo Nicole just gave Brady back his check.

Carly and Adrienne could play a friendly game of high stakes pool. I'm tired of Carly just standing in scenes not doing anything. Hey, directors.... it's called blocking. It makes things visually interesting. Just sayin'.

Okay, after that scene with Justin and Hope I have to say that Adrienne needs to back off a bit and let him get Hope out of his system. He's gone over the Hopefall now. He's all . He'll get bored and come back to Adrienne, but she shouldn't waste her energy right now.

Uh oh. Philip is too upset with his own problems to listen to Chloe right now.

Brady .... It's preemptive. You're gonna need that in a few minutes I think.

Hope heard Ciara say, "I miss you too Uncle Justin." and now she thinks, 'Ooooo, Ciara is okay with Justin, and Bo is doing what I asked and has left me alone and stopped pressuring me and has moved on. So she needs someone, and Justin is just lying there waiting.

Wait, Hope is all cop mode since she checked Justin out of the hospital. This just feels all kinds of wrong and unethical on her part.
She's giving him the look.
Ha! "Please don't go."

Chloe's circular explanation just made me dizzy!

Hope is soooooo gonna go after Justin now.

Nicole had better not ruin this interview for Arianna.

Um, Daniel and Carly are going to try a 'technique' for his double vision. Hehehehehe. I'm guessing that Chloe will be an inadvertent witness.

Nicole: "Wait 'til I tell Brady." Wow. Seriously just had a childhood flashback.
Does she think that Arianna set her up to be interviewed on camera?

Hope is apologizing to Adrienne for having her come to Salem. Adrienne can tell that she's just wishing now that she didn't have any competition for Justin.

How about if they decided to make Ms Chavez a new permanent character? But the girl that played her today is unavailable so they give the part to Jessica Leccia and she flies in every other week or so to film her scenes?
That works, no?

Days: Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Surprise Melanie! Someone's in the kitchen. Ha.
I like Hope in cop mode. She has a self assured-ness that she doesn't in other aspects of her life.
Hehehe. Anna is hard to get a handle on. Sometimes she seems so slow and naive, and then other times she's wicked clever.
I wish Rafe would listen to Nicole so that he can find out about Anna, but I do like that he's not taking the kidnapper of basically his little girl too at her word. Nicole gets pampered a lot, I'm glad the kid gloves are off right now.
Oh, the girl in the kitchen is Sophie, home health care? Ha! Mel, "Was I too pushy?" No, Melanie, handing her her purse and jacket while shoving her out the door isn't too pushy at all. :D
Aw, way to go Maggie. Be the parent. Get Melanie to talk about her feelings. :)
Hahaha. Rafe. Nice call on Nicole's self centered-ness.
Sage advice Maggie. Grasshopper seems receptive too.
Oh, Hope, bad form. You really shouldn't be the one to initiate a hug after you turn the guy down.
Rafe to Nicole, "Kidnapper deserves to be punished. Is that some sort of new revelation for you?" Me = ::snort::
Aaaddriiieeeennnnnnneee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :) She looks amazing! I hope that she sticks around for a while. She can keep Justin on the right track. So excited!!!!!!
Warden's phone call.... ::rollseyes:: now it will take forever for Rafe to find out about Anna.
Adrian has a right to be angry with Hope. She now feels like she's opened herself up while Justin doesn't seem to have come back around. He's been playing and hasn't really had time to contemplate and work on his relationship with Adrian.
Funny, the governor is all wanting to re-create the 'incriminating evidence' with Anna now that the photos are in his control.
Kate? Yeah, right Nicole. It was Kate. Uh huh. Yes Rafe! Way to call out Nicole.
Oh, Nicole, your 'Second Chance' is getting married, he's not really away on business.
Oh, Rafe confronting the governor. This could be gooooood. :)