State of Genoa City 10/7-10/11/13

Main Events

-Michael continued to claim that he killed Carmine even when Paul found the bullet in the wall.
-Fen has a complete blackout from the night Carmine was killed.
-Nikki found out that her son was alive and believed it was Dylan.
-Victor had a problem with Dylan.
-Tyler and Abby discussed their feelings.
-Phyllis squeezed Jack's hand but it ended up being involuntary.
-Sharon almost admitted what she did but doubled back and instead admitted her feelings.
-Nick let Sharon down gently.
-A DNA test proved that Adam was Connor's son.
-Adam and Chelsea found out that Connor will go blind unless he gets a cornea transplant very soon.
-Delia had her school play.
-After the play Kevin and Chloe have a date by watching Pretty in Pink at a theater.
-When Billy goes to get ice cream for a surprise party for Delia, Delia is left in the car, Dash runs off and she goes after him.
-Adam almost hits Dash and might have hit Delia.
-Billy finds Delia and called 911 but it doesn't look good.
-Billy has a dream about what Delia's life is going to be like.

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Is Chad going to die?

Like most Days fans I was at the edge of my computer chair, seat, couch, bed or whatever you sit or lie on this past week. Was Chad going to die? The end of Monday's episode certainly didn't help.

Luckily I watched in on Friday so I luckily only had to wait five seconds for the next show to come up on hulu. Yay! So I didn't have to go through a mental breakdown in waiting 24 hours to find out if he lived. That is certainly an advantage to having weekend marathons.

We did see some almost laughable medical work there. Cameron was all upset because one of the anticoagulants was dangerous to Chad due to him taking some drug for the brain tumor that Chad actually doesn't have. Luckily E.J. was there to explain.

The actor playing him basically doesn't know how to show emotions. In a soap opera that is key. Him pissed is like most people finding out that they are out of paper towels. Of course the poor kid is acting alongside a powerhouse like James Scott so maybe I should give him a pass.

What is even more laughable is that he decided to keep the secret. Wha?! I guess it would make Abigail very upset. She's so weak that she can't handle anything? I guess this is epic but yeah I laughed. Then after Chad woke up he did explain why he did it. Apparently what he did wasn't that big of a deal because Chad had gone out on a date with Abigail and kiss her. So faking a brain tumor that your sister died from is a completely legitimate thing to do.

Everyone else was awesome. Kristen was pissed at Sami because she didn't call her. I know I should be pissed but after volunteer girl explained that that is what families are like during situations like this, I understood. Kristen was scared and angry and lashing out. Sami did have some valid points about Stefano being the one to blame. After all it was his ego that caused this mess in the first place.

Joseph Mascolo was great in this hospital chapel scenes. I loved it! He finally said things that many people have been waiting 30 years for him to say. Will he change? I think it might try it for a month but something will happen to make him resort to his old ways. That's what E.J. does. Still Mr. Mascolo played his heart out in those scenes. He doesn't get to show how great of an actor he is at all so it's great to see it.

I kind of laughed at how Chad recovered so quickly from something that pretty much killed him for ten minutes. He was dead until Daniel did his thing! Are we supposed to think that he would be fine. It took me a month to recover from a hernia operation a few years ago and those are routine! Abby was even resting her head on his chest. He should pretty much be dead because of that!

Is Chad going to die? We know his portrayer has already left. So it's looking like he might leave town in disgrace after Abby finds out about his fake brain tumor.

I thought that I would end with a video. This is from 2011 during the last Dimera/Kiriakis war. This was the last time he was shot and he certainly acted like it was in pain this time. Of course he was shot in the arm and that probably doesn't feel very good. It was also an excuse for Casey Deidrick not to have a shirt on. Also it's a link because the video thing to embed this was an ass and the video would not show up. So yeah it's a link that opens in a new window. I don't think that the straight, bi and gay men will have a probably with that. You know the 3 people that might look at this blog.
Chad is Shot 8/15/11

State of Salem 10/7-10/11/13

Main Events

-J.J. found out about the rape and vandalized Horton Square.
-Marge had it out with Sami and E.J.
-Gabi ended things with Nick.
-Eric agreed to marry Kristen and Brady.
-Kristen hired someone to steal the flash drive.
-After the thug couldn't get the flash drive, Parker found it in the park.
-"Evidence" seemed to prove to Eric that Nicole was the one that drugged him!
-Cameron looked to have proof that Chad was lying but E.J. saved the day.
-Rafe and Stefano had words.
-Marge arrived at Sami and E.J.'s engagement party and started shooting.

Commentary after the lovely jump.

Really Busy

When I started this blog I had wanted to have a venue to express my opinions. The "State of..." posts for both Days and Y&R have been more intense than I realized. It's not the words as much as the pictures. I am shocked at the amount of time it really takes. So therefore I'm going to have the state of posts be monthly. I will post the Days one with one picture, the what's up next week picture and the Y&R one as soon as possible as I was in the process of doing the picture. This will also allow me to do some more posts that are smaller in nature.

State of Salem 9/30-10/4/13

Main Events

-Will, Gabi and Sonny cleared the air about recent events.

-Nick continued to be creepy.
-Gabi was about the tell Nick that they were over.

-Rafe got Jordan to lower her guard a little.

-E.J. and Rafe had words.
-Sami was not happy about the deal E.J. made with Stefano.
-Will was not happy about his mother's current living situation.

-Eric remembered nothing.

-Nicole decided to take the job and quit being Eric's secretary.

-Kristen found out that she no longer had hold of the incriminating flash drive.

-Justin and Adrienne made up.

-Marge was in denial about her husband.

-Abigail was jealous of Cameron and Gabi.

-Anne and Theresa schemed against Jennifer.

-J.J. found out that there was something bad about his father's past.

-J.J. attempted to find out the truth from Adrienne.

What do I think about this week? Click on read more for...well...more.

State of Genoa City 9/30-10/4/13

Main Events

-Nick and Dylan get into a fight.

-Avery and Nick had an encounter in the park that basically sucked.

-Sharon wasn't happy with how slow things were going.

-Hilary and Neil had an honest conversation before she attempted to trick him into drinking again.

-Devon attempted to pay off Hilary but to no avail.

-Nick wasn't happy with Noah working for Victor.

-Cane decided to quit as CEO of Chancellor.

-Chelsea and Victor had it out.

-Nikki defended Chelsea which caused a fight between her and Victor.

-Stitch started his first day of work at the hospital where he met Nikki.

-Paul found out that Nikki's baby is alive, is a war vet and currently lives in Genoa City.

-The businesswoman of the year awards ends with Carmine's death and Michael taking the fall.

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General Hospital Musings

The big stories on General Hospital involve Robin coming back and the truth about baby Connie/Georgie.

The baby thing was something I have been looking forward to for a while. I think everyone has. Maybe you haven't? What makes this awesome is that it's been a secret that has lasted for almost a year. I think I can honestly say that people knew something was going to go down with the whole surrogacy thing back when Maxie first said she would be the surrogate. Surrogate storylines are starting to become a staple of soaps and for good reason. It adds an extra dimension as the woman who carries it starts to develop a bond. Both Coronation Street and The Young and the Restless have addressed this.

This became something else with Maxie having a miscarriage and then having sex with Spinelli in the same night. I'm not sure if that is even biologically possible. Actually I know it isn't. Getting pregnant, no matter how they show it on soaps is actually not easy. So the fact that that happened at all is funny. Maxie's choice to lie to Lulu and Dante and give them a child that is biologically not theirs is not awesome. I know that there are quite a few fans of the Maxie and Spinelli pairing who feel sorry for them and are even saying that Lulu and Dante are villains in this but I don't understand that. Maxie made a choice to lie. Since the child is biologically hers she would have had no obligation to stay with the surrogacy control. In fact it would be void.

I know that I should feel a little for her especially since she is making a huge "sacrifice" but she made this choice. Lulu and Dante are the ones that were completely snowed. Just imagine that you got attached and had a bond with a child watching it grow and finally seeing it as a real live person. Now because of that attachment Lulu and Dante are going to be destroyed. Since they are the legal parents on the birth certificate they have legal rights. Being that Maxie was willing to give up the child Lulu and Dante might have a chance at custody.

I am personally going to be on team Lante for this.

As for Robin? I have never been that interested in her. Maybe 90s Robin who was awesome. This judgement/self righteous incarnation of the past 7 years? No. I haven't really cared about any of that stuff about Sabrina and Patrick and so it was more of a meh to seeing her back. I know she has her fans but unless it's 1996 again I'm not interested. It was great to see Jerry Jacks. He's one of my favorite villains on GH. He always has the best lines. It's great to see him.