EJ went on the warpath on Days of Our Lives in the course of the week of 1-08-24.
After Holly’s overdose, he was decided to make somebody pay — and he centered on Tate, who had nothing to do with it.
Kpatch and Tony from My Hourglass: A Days of Our Lives Fan Discussion board be a part of our TV Fanatic Jack Ori to debate whether or not EJ has grow to be unredeemable.
Has EJ crossed the road into turning into an unredeemable character along with his insistence on prosecuting Tate for his alleged function in Holly’s overdose?
Kpatch: I used to be loving EJ thus far. I do not assume he is unredeemable, however he is gone too far in his quest for retribution with out concrete proof.
He ought to recuse himself from this case. Brady must go to Paulina and beg her to take away EJ from this case. I am unable to consider they did not already think about that.
Tony: EJ crossed the road into unredeemable way back. That is removed from the worst factor he is performed, although it is nonetheless not nice.
Jack: EJ was getting on my final nerve with this. He is aware of that Stefan is behind the drug commerce, but is focusing all his efforts on punishing a young person who wasn’t even concerned. In the meanwhile, I am unable to watch for EJ to get his comeuppance.
Julie took an Alice-like function with Chad as he dealt along with his grief and breakup with Stephanie. Is she the perfect successor to Alice, or is there another person you’d somewhat step into that function?
Kpatch: Julie is finest suited to be the supportive mom kind, rather more than somebody like Marlena, who’s a chilly fish. The factor I did not like in regards to the dialog is that they’ve had this exact same dialog twice earlier than and it was a little bit boring.
Tony: Julie’s the longest-running character on the present. I believe it is becoming that she’s grow to be Alice-like recently.
Jack: I cherished these scenes. Julie might be judgmental, however she was channeling Alice right here, and I am unable to consider anybody extra good to do it. Susan Seaforth Hayes has been on DAYS virtually because the starting, so permitting her to be the matriarch everybody turns to for recommendation makes good sense.
Do you count on Sarah and Xander’s reunion to final?
Kpatch: Wow, arduous to say. After they’re collectively, they’re nice. However Sarah is fast to evaluate and fast to vilify Xander. Looks like it is all or nothing with these two.
Tony: Probably not. I count on this to go very similar to the remainder of their relationship.
Xander will both do one thing silly, or at the very least Sarah will assume he did. She’ll yell at him, they usually’ll cut up up once more, solely to get again collectively as soon as Sarah realizes she did not have all the knowledge, rinse and repeat.
Jack: I believe Sarah all however telegraphed one other breakup for the sake of drama along with her remark that she’s afraid she’ll remorse it if she falls for Xander once more. These two won’t ever work out till she will settle for him, darkish aspect and all.
Paulina and Abe are lastly coping with Abe’s reminiscence loss on-screen, however is it too little too late?
Kpatch: It is good to see Abe again on display screen, however this secondary or perhaps tertiary story is dragging on too lengthy.
Tony: they need to have handled this months in the past, however at the very least they lastly are.
Jack: I am thrilled that they’re lastly on-screen, however I want we would had extra build-up somewhat than them out of the blue coping with Abe’s reminiscence points throughout New Years — and even that wasn’t absolutely on-screen and solely obtained a flashback.
As a result of they have been gone for therefore lengthy, it felt like we walked in on the center of a narrative. Plus, Abe’s amnesia has dragged on endlessly. Whereas I do not need them to hurry to a decision, this story wants to maneuver ahead at a faster tempo than it has been.
Did you just like the whipped cream flashback or would you somewhat the small print of Chanel and Johnny’s lovemaking stayed off-screen?
Kpatch: Actually? No. It was on the icky aspect as a result of these two are actors, not precise lovers, they usually even appeared a little bit uncomfortable and tentative. I really like Johnny and Chanel as a pair, however I did not have to see this.
Tony: It was okay. It did not do something for me, however I wasn’t disgusted by it.
Jack: Ugh. I am not a fan of intercourse scenes, to start with — I want the way in which Australia’s Neighbours offers us a touch of what is going on on and leaves the remainder to our creativeness. So, this was a bit a lot for me. And why on Earth does Paulina want the small print of her daughter’s intercourse life?
What was so unrealistic that it pulled you out of the story?
Kpatch: So many issues!
Alex being a Class A jerk, firing Justin and hiring his personal lawyer in an try and take over a scenario that’s none of his enterprise, whereas on the similar time making an attempt to persuade Theresa that Tate is utilizing medication.
Wendy and Tripp’s farewell was tepid, identical to their relationship. Neither appeared overly damaged up (no pun supposed) about leaving one another.
Marlena being Nicole’s therapist was unrealistic contemplating Nicole’s historical past with Marlena’s youngsters: Sami, Eric, and Brady.
EJ prosecuting a case involving his stepdaughter.
And at last, Harris not determining that Stefan and Ava are working medication.
Tony: Johnny and Chanel speaking about his eye most cancers, which seemed like an early detection PSA. And there was a scene with Paulina and Abe that felt very very similar to an anti-drug PSA. Do not get me flawed, these are vital messages, however when it begins to sound like a PSA, that is not nice.
Jack: Tate’s authorized scenario was driving me up the wall. I want they’d an on-screen arraignment the place EJ made his flight danger argument and Tate was denied bail.
It was ridiculous that the decide did not think about that on the listening to after which modified his thoughts as a result of EJ referred to as him. That might solely occur in Salem!
Additionally, ICUs sometimes solely let one customer in at a time for about quarter-hour, so it was distracting that Holly had so many individuals in her room directly on a regular basis.
What was your favourite scene, story, or quote from this week’s Days of Our Lives?
Kpatch: I really like that Xander and Sarah are slowly rekindling their love. Their conversations are refreshingly sincere. Identical with Johnny and Chanel.
I additionally cherished Brady and Theresa’s help of their son. Jamie Martin Mann, who performs Tate, is a pleasure to look at. He is doing a implausible job.
Tony: I cherished Abe saying he’d stand by Paulina. That sounded just like the outdated Abe.
Jack: I cherished Chad and Julie’s scenes. Older members of the family supporting youthful ones is the factor that made me fall in love with Days of Our Lives years in the past, and it was nice to have a few of that again.
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