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This week I learned that claustrophobia can be cured by sex. Thanks, DOOL! It's good to know that you're on top of the latest medical breakthroughs. Chloe and Lucas got it on in an elevator! Chloe's still gorgeous, Lucas still has bad hair, but at least this plotline is mildly interesting.

 

EJ and Nicole on the other hand... They were in the next elevator over, and the difference was astounding. I really, really like those two together.

 

And poor Sami... okay, I can't say "Poor Sami," with a straight face. Hopefully now that both of her men have moved on, she'll get some good revenge, plot something, etc. I want a return to the Sami of yore!

 

What else? Um, Daniel and Chelsea still creep me out. It's not the age difference that bothers me so much as the fact that watching the two of them together is akin to watching grass grow. We were bombarded this week with Bo's disapproval, and OMG, it's so much like how Doug didn't approve of Bo and Hope... Daniel and Chelsea must therefore be just like Bo and Hope! Give me a fricking break. They are not just like Bo and Hope, because Bo and Hope have oodles and oodles of chemistry, and Daniel and Chelsea have none.

 

Speaking of lack of chemistry, there's Morgan and Phillip. *snore*

 

At least Tamara Braun is around to keep things interesting as Ava! I love her so much. John destroyed the disk with his memories this week, but I have a feeling that he'll eventually get them back somehow and go back to being the old John. That's too bad however, I'm quite enjoying this incarnation. Maybe they can take a page from General Hospital's book and pull a Jason Morgan on John? Jason still hasn't gotten back his memories and it's what--twelve, thirteen years later?

Happy Valentine's Day '08 everyone!  Or, as I like to call it "Day-Before-Laurisa's-Birthday-Day".  That's right, much to my husband's misfortune, I happened to celebrate my birthday on February 15th.  (I'll wait for all you guys out there to have a collective groan)  So, I have grown to like the holiday (for other reasons than flowers and candy) and thus, I thought it would be fun to mark this moment in time with a breakdown of current Days couples.

  Sami and Lucas-  I'm not Lucas's biggest fan, but I do have to say that no one flatters Sami like Lucas does.  A few weeks ago he told her that if he were to make her a DVD he would say, "Good morning"  "You look beautiful today" and "I love you".  I shed a little tear for Sami.  She may have chased after her fair share of men, but Lucas is her grand prize.  When this couple is good, they are great.  Unfortunately, those moments are too far between. 
Couple grade= C

  Sami and EJ- Of course there is the white hot chemistry between the two actors; the juicy background story between the two characters who have done so much to please their families; and an adorable son.  But, as long as the writers refuse to deal with the rape, these two can't become a legitimate "supercouple" It's a shame too because these two actors are mesmerizing when they are on screen together, even if they are just reading the phone book. 
Couple grade= B

  Marlena and John- Not only are they both alive but, new John's "devil may care attitude" makes me stand up and cheer for this couple.  Not only is John great comic relief, but Marlena is forced to step up and become a strong woman to deal with smarmy John.  Together, they make for great TV even if it isn't the TV we're used to see from these two.
Couple grade= A-

  Belle and Shawn- These two will soon be leaving our fair Salem, but in the mean time, fans who cheered for Shelle have an excuse to party.  The couple finally started their "happily ever after".  If they do have to leave, I'm glad that Brandon Beemer and Martha Madison have done justice to the characters that Kirsten Storms and Jason Cook originated, taking them from eager teens into matured adults. 
Couple grade= B

  Steve and Kayla- Who doesn't love Patch and Sweetness?  You have to appreciate a woman who wouldn't give up on her husband even after he's presumed dead...for over a decade.  The couple's balance between stoicisms and compassion is what makes them great.  My only complaint is that they can get a little boring when they are not presented with a juicy story line.  Unlike Sami and EJ, I couldn't watch these two read a phone book.
Couple Grade= A-

Chelsea and Nick- These two definitely got it right.  Neither of them need to change at all to make them a great couple.  Their problems come into play when Nick tries to act self righteous or Chelsea tries to act like she doesn't need Nick.  All it all, these two are a good young love story.  Time will tell if they can keep it together.
Couple Grade= B+

   Max and Stephanie- It should be noted that I am including them in the list as a couple- a big step for me.  Yes, they are related.  And, viewers do not want to forget that.  But, Darin and Shelley look great and act great together.  At this point, it's going to take a great (and I mean super-above-all-others-love-fest-for-the-ages) story line to get these two into supercouple status- especially when most viewers can list a plethora of other pairs for each party.  Update: I found a picture of them together.
Couple Grade= C-

  Bo and Hope- They were my pick for favorite couple of 2007 and they still remain my favorite couple today.  One of the main reasons is that I like both characters individually.  They can go out, separate from each other, and hold their own story line without having to be around the other all the time.  Isn't that what makes a successful relationship in real life? 
Couple Grade= A+

  Tony and Anna- I adore this couple.  They manage to mingle upper crust sophistication with downright slapstick comedy.  They get left over story lines, side bar lines, and minor roles- yet these two still keep me entertained every time they are on screen.
Couple Grade= A+

  Philip and Chloe (Version 2.0)- I like the second reincarnation much better that the trial run.  Phillip is older and grown into his delicious Kiriakis genes.  Chloe is getting better.  Problem is, she's still married and still kinda boring.  If this couple is going to make if off the ground, Chloe needs to change her marital status and get a little more "punch" in her step.
Couple Grade= C



As part of your ever faithful Two Scoops duo, Tony and I are always ready to share our thoughts on our favorite guilty obsession with you.  We hope you'll do the same with us!  We appreciate all the feedback that we can get! 

Cheers!
Laurisa

here's my take on last week's days:

 

the santo and colleen story is gettin good.  sister mary anne caught her with him and told father mallory.  can't wait to see what happens next.  but i hope it all ends soon because i am tired of seeing the vets reading letters and i'm gettin bored with it.  also i want this silly feud to end so ejami can hook up.   here's my theory on what happened to colleen.  colleen was upset to realize she betrayed the chruch and can't be with santo, so she killed herself.  shawn saw it and couldn't do anything about it, so that's why he blames himself.  i know there's no way shawn could have killed her, unless it was an accident.  of course, the dimeras thought it was shawn.

 

i'm glad kate agreed to meet up with andre so lucas can get that leather folio.  but he needs to cool it.  i understand him being mad at his mother for sleeping with the enemy, but when he told sami that, she said he knew and accused her of taking kate's side.  it's like now he hates his own mother and wants his wife to do the same.  i know kate has done some terrible, but dude, she's still your mother.  then lucas quotes we're gonna do things MY WAY or something like that.  he can leave for all i care.

 

now ej has decided to save stefano by donating his liver.  if that were me, i wouldn't have because he's just pure evil.  i don't blame lexie or benjy for leaving.  i hope stefano doesn't get that stupid leather folio so this dang feud can end once and for all.  i hope nothing happens to ej because i want him to stay.  if stefano does end up dying, i bet you he'll fake his death again.  he still has 6 lives to go.

 

now here comes the parts i hate.  let's start with shellip.  now, i don't blame shawn for wanting to move out of philip's mansion.  i wouldn't want to living with my man's ex-wife/girlfriend.  but belle won't move out.  she claims it'll affect claire but it's really because she wants the money.  if she don't get her life and act together, then i see her as a gold digger desperately wanting money and nice things.  i think she loves shawn, but she rather be with philip for the money.  if i hadn't known better, i would have said she only wants the money.  imo, the moving won't have any affect on claire and she wouldn't miss philip.  now philip needs to mind his own business and start looking for his kid.  i can't believe belle would make shawn allow phil to see claire.  i understand that he was her father her first year of her life, but he needs to back down.  i wish this pathetic triangle would end once and for all.

 

now we're heading to the vegas crap.  i think nick is better off without chelsea and she's better off alone.  with that head injury which chelsea didn't gave a damn about, he got married to a con artist with two boys and somehow, nick has to take care of them why china lee's in jail.  i understand chelsea ain't ready to be a mom, but she shouldn't break up with nick for stupid reasons.  she uses him to help HER.  she asked him to steal the hairbrush for HER.  she broke up with nick the first time because SHE thought jett was hotter than nick.  when chelsea learned jett lied, SHE need nick to make HER happy.  to top it all, when nick refused to put the boys in a foster home, she broke up with him the second time because SHE doesn't want to be a mom.  SHE expects nick to put HER first over the kids.  in other words, it's all about chelsea.

 

now when jeremy told stephanie the "truth", she confronted him and warned him, but when he said he'll go back to the old jeremy he supposedly was, she stay with him.  i would have left him for that and other reasons.  stephanie should have listen to her father and leave him when he tried to drowned her.  now, there's max waiting, but they're uncle and niece for crying out loud.  max is the better guy, but we don't want incest.  hogan promised he wouldn't go that direction, but he broke that promise.  writers, if you want to attract younger viewers, make something excited happen in this storyline because it's basically a repeat.

 

that's all my opinions for this week.  what do you think?

 

although i do love that lucas and sami are married, i feel that she belongs with ej. this whole colleen / santo story is coming back around to them. just seeing ej's face when he learned he was not the father of the twins and then seeing him imagine a life with sami makes me want to cry. ej and sami are both born manipulators who complement each other. i feel for lucas but i think he needs to move on with someone else.

If Anna could get the bag of garbage and clock in Sami’s apt. then why couldn’t she just have placed the letters there? It certainly is amazing how she got past the cop standing guard and a supposedly locked door. The writers don’t think very well.

Nick could tell Kate that if she were to tell his boss about his past indiscretion then he would tell Lucas & everyone else what Kate had asked him to do.

I know it has been awhile since Zach died but Bo and Hope have seemed to have completely forgotten him.

Jeremy is obnoxious and not an at all enjoyable character. I can’t believe he is the son of and was raised by Dr. Robin Jacobs and Dr. Mike Horton because they aren’t anything like him. Is Sami’s “Dr. Jacobs” somehow related to Robin and Jeremy?

When they changed the actress portraying Stephanie, they changed the entire character. Stephanie should stay clear of Jeremy; everyone should. Chelsea shouldn’t be with the guy who slept with her mother. Chelsea should be with Jett. Where is Abby?

I like Sami with both Lucas and EJ. This show has already become too sci-fi so it wouldn’t be too much of a stretch for Sami to split into two separate people and therefore could be with both men. We know one twin will belong to each one of the men. I hope the boy is Lucas’s and the girl is EJ’s because the Dimera’s don’t expect their females to be as ruthless as their males.

Perhaps Colleen Brady died protecting Santo Dimera. Maybe the elder Shawn or his father/someone in the Brady family tried to shoot Santo and Colleen shielded him. It could though just be a matter of a plane/train/automobile accident she was killed in as she ran away from her family and the suitor they’d promised her to in order to meet and run away with Santo. They’ll probably drag this storyline out so long that the real story won’t be revealed for what seems like forever.