I can’t believe I am saying this but I’ve been really into Days of Our Lives these days. Granted, a large portion of it could be due to my good friend having a featured part, but even usually dull characters like Stephanie have my interest. I’m also somewhat loving the Salem Scooby gang of Brady, Melanie and Dynasty’s Gordon Thompson as the crotchety mortuary owner who would have gotten away with it if it wasn’t for those crazy kids.
I’m actually buying into the Stephanie/Phillip love story although it’s disconcerting to hear Steph mention her mother since I’m not exactly sure where Kayla, Steve and the baby are supposed to be. Europe? Cleveland? On a boat? I like to think if Steve were around he would have gone all Jack Bauer on everyone and found Stephanie in under two hours. And all that with only eye.
Of course we’ve got Bo and Abe on the case so we’re treated to a half naked Phillip going undercover (and in a body bag) to save Stephanie. I know people complain about the Luke/Lucky dynamic on General Hospital (and they should) but the Bo/Victor conflict is relatively made of win. Since Victor didn’t raise Bo (instead, poor, honest Shawn Brady reared Bo in his poor but honest ways) it’s believable that he grew up to be a cop and would come up against his sometime criminal birth father. The Brady conflict is even set up nicely because Brady’s always had that do-gooder, Brandon Walsh killjoy quality about him (I think he comes by it honestly from both John and Isabella). Honestly, that’s why I was so shocked that Brady became a heroin addict (or whatever it was). Brady’s the guy that should be taking everyone’s keys and placing theim in a freezer at keg parties. Right?
My namesake! Back on my TV!! Get the nachos!!!!
Fingers crossed for Shorty Robe sightings, self-popping Dom, too-small aerobics shorts, and bitch-slap gym fights.
I’m going to double cross stage left, glare over my shoulder, enunciate, and brandish a scotch as I wait….
Ha! Days has been relatively entertaining since they turned the show over to the Kiriakis and DiMera clans. Isn’t it funny in a town that used to be all about Brady’s and Horton’s that it’s the “bad guys” that get all the air time now. How we’ve changed.
Yes, it has been rather hilarious to have Stephanie kidnapped and not a word about her parents other than ‘I’ll give them a call”. As if Steve and Kayla would just be chilling in their apartment across the hall from Don Juan Daniel without a care in the world.