You disgust me. I hate you. Now kiss me.

How many couples can you name who started off as two people who hate each other and ended up as two people wanting to tear through the other’s clothes and hit on the nitty-gritty like a lion ripping into a zebra?  Tons, right?

YES!

 

First of all, take angry sex off the list – those instances when an otherwise relatively stable couple has a huge fight (which also serves as foreplay), then kiss to relieve the tension and make it all better.

Melanie Jonas: Age Restricted

In my last entry I talked about (bemoaned) how characters seemed to be multiplying at the rate of rabbits on Days, yet we still seem to be seeing the same dozen week after week. I believe the problem has less to do with the writers playing favourites and more to do with the fact that the pacing is so slow. I have to believe this is the problem because if it isn’t, Days won’t be long for my DVR. I’m about at my wits’ end.

An Unreasonable Facsimile

I was going to start this entry with “What the hell is going on with Days?” but ended up changing my mind about opening with a rhetorical question.

Madison James: Independent of Independence

"You're siding with Madison! She's new in town, and Brady
definitely needs a fresh start. A smart, sharp woman, Madison
can keep up with Brady in business AND romance."

It’s no secret that it took forever for me to be won over by the reset after my initial excitement over the promo.  Things started disappointing me right and left.  Boom.  John and Marlena playing I-Love-You-No-I-Love-You-More.  Boom.  Austin moving into the Smugnest with Rafe, Sami, and her fifty kids.  Boom.  Nicole and EJ yet again. Boom.  A tedious triangle with Daniel, Jennifer, and Jack.  Boom.  Pacing slower than me on ether after a milkshake and an episode of Mad Men.

One pretty bloody big boom was Madison.

Ejami: Sex, Death, Sound, Light, and Colour

Okay. 

Did I win a contest?

I'm not talking about the poll I won in regards to whether or not Sami and Rafe would make it a year out from under Cordiglay's thumb.  I mean some sort of contest I may have forgotten I'd entered that won me the best two back-to-back episodes of Days I've seen in the longest time.

 

 

James Scott and Alison Sweeney were magnificent.  I'm not sure how much choreography went into those fight scenes, but the whole thing had me awestruck.  They were circling and striking out at each other like a couple of cobras, hoods flared, spitting venom.  I loved every second of it.  From the moment EJ crashed to the ground, Sami flying to his side so they could comfort each other, to the last lingering look that passed between them before Sami rushed home to see Johnny, I found that the whole thing progressed naturally, and it was VERY EJ and Sami. 

Sami and EJ in the moment.

Saturday Night Fever: November Promo Unleashed

Um...WHAT?!

Because I chew spoilers up and spit them out, I knew about Jack and Jennifer’s kiss. It was already spoiled that Fancy Face and Beauregard were going to find a “gift” from Stefano to Mrs. H amongst her belongings. Hell, if you were looking for it (I was), you’d even have already known about the attempt on John’s life.

But – What the fuck?! – Where the hell did that kiss between EJ and Sami come from?

The Emperor's New Clothes

 "Am I making you uncomfortable in my current state of undress?"

I’ve seen the emperors naked, and it ain’t pretty.

I kept wondering if there was something wrong with me. Have I become so jaded over the past couple of years that nothing Days can do will ever make me happy?  Is good stuff happening right in front of me, but I’m missing it because I can’t see for all the black clouds circling my head?