The Qs holiday will be never be the same since most of the family are gone. They can fill the house…but without Edward, Lila, Alan, Emily, AJ, Ned…by the way..,where was Alice?…they’re all just fillers…with the exception of Monica, Tracy and Dillon (who I hope isn’t leaving).

Until, if…they start making the Qs a central family again, with some ties to the past, they’re just a memory. Would have been heartwarming if they had used some flashbacks of Thanksgiving at the Qs… incorporated it into the story…explaining to Jason all the past dinner fiascos…THAT would have been a great use of the past…

I did like seeing that Michael hasn’t abandoned this side of his family entirely…

Hey, Hey, Hey, Shay. Hope your Thanksgiving was the best ever and not too stuffing. HaHa!
No , I haven’t forgotten Alexis red, ‘buttoned-up’ shirt. She must be reading these posts. She looked so pretty. Red’s her color. There’s not much to say about her in this episode. She acted the perfect hostess….demure as heck. I was waiting for her to start stripping and jump Julian’s bones. Too many kids around? Seriously, I thought it was a nice affair. Of course, nothing can top an Italian Thanksgiving meal; which is quite ironic in itself. A Thanksgiving dinner is as American as apple pie. So, introducing lasagne (yes, it is LASAGNE, not lasagna, as generally spelled) or any other untraditional dish sounds a bit ridiculous. But, variety never hurt anyone.
Shay, have you ever had a Scottish dinner? Or an Icelandic one? Golly Gee…that’s all I will say on the subject….LOL.
To be honest, I wouldn’t mind seeing Olivia and Julian together. She’s so beautiful and he’s a hunk; regardless of the fact that he’s approaching fifty. Alexis looks her age; that is, much older than he. But looks aren’t everything. Other than the bed, what is it that Julian and Alexis share? I wish we would see a lot more of interaction between them and family members, as we did today. Show us diverse sides to their personalities.
Do you think Anna will be involved with her shrink? Hmmmmm. Something to think about. I thought I saw a certain ‘something’.
Also, what are the odds that Carlito and Paul are working together? I had a flash of a thought about them.
I, too, have a sneaking suspicion, that Sabrina’s nino/nina ( not bambino/bambina; please…lol) is Carlos’s. It is evident that Sabrina and he will be leaving together. I’d like to see how the bosses will manage that. How will she exit? A piu’ tardi, cara.

As for Alexis, I do concur that the color red absolutely suits her….the best I’ve ever seen her look was on one occasion this past year when she wore an extremely modest merlot sweater….it was stunning in its simplicity, and I made sure to say so! Of course, it was not so expedient for stripping off for a quickie with Julian, but hey baby, it was cold outside! LOL. I also agree with you that their “relationship”—-and I use that term loosely—-is only based upon the physical and that’s why it seems so very immature and superficial despite the chronological age of Ms. Davis! I would loooove to see Jules bond with not just baby Leo but his mother, as well….that would be something much more substantial and realistic, and yes, Liv and Julian would “make such a pretty pair!” (And I hope he would never leave….ala Beatty!) In terms of Anna and her headshrinker??? Ummm…me thinks not. Her “type” has always tended to be one of dashing men of derring-do capers, like Scorpio and Duke, or at least someone with a more international flair like Rick Springfield and his two characters. I really loved her with both of them! Oh, and I’m still on the record that Frisco would be so right for Ms. Devane if a Robert reunion is not in the cards. Know who I can see that psychiatrist dude with? Carly! Just think about it….she is going to be in his orbit due to Manic Morgan and I’m telling you, if Sonny doesn’t hop to it and get out of that wheelchair, refreshed and restored to full romantic capacity, then Carly is gonna need to find some comfort elsewhere…just saying! Lastly, I’m praying that Sappy’s offspring (okay, “nino/nina”) is courtesy of the “Loins de Carrrrrr-LOS!” It would make sending her off for good a lot more logical with no messy ties to keep her in Port Charles, and let’s face it, regardless of her best efforts, she and Reee-verrrrr-aaahhh have always been the true and obvious endgame. They simply belong together. Why prolong this torture any further than necessary? Especially since I believe Carrr-LOS! is only a foot soldier in the underworld….he’s too much of a hothead to run anything. Paul’s boss has yet to be decided….I suppose it could be Johnny Z since he is set to make a comeback in December, but there still must be someone even bigger at the top, as Paul’s history dates back to the cartel days with Faison, et al. (Valentin Casssadine? One of these years he has to surface in Port Charles…..unless he and Hornsby are in actuality one and the same! Anything’s possible—although I would love to see Michael Easton back as a nasty new Cassadine! He does evil very well, as his vampire days can attest!) By the by, I like Paul’s adversarial chemistry with Anna…they sizzle!—-and he could also prove to be an interesting beau for Laura, too. I’m just not digging his rumpy-pumpying around with Ava….too predictable! He needs a less obvious “lady friend!” What say you, bella? Later….

Hello, Shay,
You know that I am never at a loss for words when it comes to Alexis. But, I truly was so pleased to see her as I would like her to be….a mother, a lover and friend to Julian; an intelligent, mature professional; cordial and welcoming to both Olivia and Ava. Kudos to the writers for showing the character in this light!! This was a normal Alexis….no lisp affectation, lol.

Carly will never be the fantastic, altruistic mother for me…but, oh, can she act. Every day, she impresses her talent upon me more and more. She and the shrink? Maybe. I need to see them together first….the body language; the vibe….

Sonny? Never mind the wheelchair. Is it just his legs that are paralyzed or something else? If so, it serves him right. That thaaang has been so overly-used to the extreme; across the four corners of the world, it does have the propensity of falling off. One can only hope. Yucky! Spoiled brat that he is…like Morgan. Speaking of which….as usual, plots and themes are being ‘created’ and ‘built’ as the story is sewn together. Has Morgan ever manifested any sort of euphoria before? I don’t ever remember him doing any flips in the air, or acrobatic contortions as a saltinbanco, where one would question why he were acting so ecstatically out of the ordinary. Did I miss something? I never saw any odd behaviors except as that of a spiteful little boy. Nor has he ever displayed overwhelming paranoia before….with a shotgun, no less. That was just out of left field. Say what?

I hope Carly does follow her nose and ‘mingle’ with the shrink. It’s no big deal for her, right? What’s one more guy? Lol. Besides, i would looove to see Sonny’s fake Vito Corleone-type of reaction.

Michael Eason…AHHH, Shay! My heart bleeds each time I think of Silas’ sad demise. Boy, oh, boy….do I wish him back, as well.

I have lost all my liking and respect for Paul. I have no interest in this character any longer. I still hold to my premise that he and Carlito are working together. I would never want a man such as Paul to be involved with either Anna or Laura. He will only bring pain and disillusionment upon their heads. I can see that glaring sign on his forehead so very clearly: “BEWARE–I AM I VERY BIG BAD WOLF, LITTLE RED”.
Thank you, my lovely Shay….my grandfather-in-law always calls me ‘bella’ or ‘Brigitte’. You are too kind. We are all belle(i) in our own way. In my mind’s eye, I can see everyone on these boards. I like what I see. Later, cara.

Days of Our Lives themselves decided to kick off their 50th anniversary season with the deeply upsetting murder of Will, and the broadcasting of some startlingly anti-gay messages within that story, and subsequently.

Days of Our Lives THEMSELVES created THAT CONTEXT for their 50th anniversary story-scape and celebrations, (which are continuing through Thanksgiving). Fans did NOT do that! Days did!

Days, and only Days, did that – and it is entirely reasonable for any one commentating about the 50th anniversary season to talk about it in *that* context – for that is the context in which Days themselves created for their anniversary, and it is the context in which we have experienced it.

I hold my head up high, and talk about what Days have done and are doing – for that is the moral thing to do. It would be heartless to do otherwise.

Chandler left the show of his own accord. He was not dumped like trash, as you so melodramatically put it. He sprang it on the powers that be very suddenly, so they had to make a quick casting decision. Although I personally loved Guy Wilson in the role, not many other viewers did, based on these types of message boards. Fans were brutal and vicious to him. They hated his Will and wanted him gone, or fired. So, that’s what the show did. It LISTENED to the fans! Same with the murder of Serena, and of Paige. General consensus had Serena (Melissa Archer) as great actress, but WRONG poorly written role. Fans mercilessly attacked Paige as being boring, and useless, and so the show listened, and killed her off. That’s a shame, because she was just becoming interesting, but due to DAYS’ advanced taping schedule, her fate was already sealed. There was nothing homophobic about Will’s murder anymore than there was redhead phobia about Serena’s. Ben is an equal opportunity psychopath. Men, women, midwives, it doesn’t matter. He’s nuts. Maybe the FANS should have been nicer to Guy Wilson, and then Will maybe would still be alive. In probably the FIRST time in soap history, this killer storyline was COMPLETELY seemingly based on the writers actually reading fan sites, looking at message boards, seeing who was causing vocal fan discontent, and creating a story to deal with the sources of fan angst, which for months, were Archer, O’Brien, and Wilson. Fans can’t have it both ways. If they are going to be nasty and vicious on line, and wish people to be out of jobs, they can hardly sit and complain and cry foul after the fact. And to tie it to some sort of agenda is just absurd.

@ Dylan.

Chandler was on a four-year contract, and he was publicly open from the beginning about his intention to return to university after four years. And Days were, of course, well aware when his contract was ending, and it was there responsibility to plan for that – which they did!

Days then decided to abandon those plans, and dropped Chandler without any notice at all.

“Heartless” strikes me as a fitting term.

Chandler, to his credit, has been very diplomatic about it all. And quite right too! After all, his predecessor was dumped when he took on the role!

However, Days story about the incident, to this day, has never added up. And that single small miserable picture of Chandler’s Will at Alice’s funeral in Day’s 50th anniversary 374-page celebration book – says more than a thousand words about their attitude towards him!