Wow, I think someone actually took over the wheel. There were actually a few interesting happenings in Salem this past week.

But we were not without our clunkers. First was everyone sobbing for Daniel's goodbye like he was leaving to join the foreign legion, or was being beamed over to Mars or something. Oh come now, the guy is only going to be gone for a few weeks or so, I only wish it was forever. But no, everyone around Daniel was breaking down like he just told them he had a fatal illness and only ten minutes to live. Okay, he's not that awesome. Learn to actually get through an entire day without basking in his glory and you won't miss him nearly as much.

Okay, so who is ready to say, to hell with Alice's secrets? Sacrilege, I know but Lord God Almighty, you think we can drag this out a little further? I'll be collecting social security before we find out what's in that damn safety deposit box. Stefano says there are two secrets in that box and that revealing them could be dangerous. I'm sorry, hearing that only made me roll my eyes. Admit it, Days. You have no clue where to go with this story, so you're stalling. You're tap-dancing. If they have this big juicy reveal coming up, and I have a bad feeling they don't, then we'd love to hear it. Because said reveal had better be a monumental doozy. I'm talking the kind of reveal that make jaws drop all over this great land of ours. I fear that is far too much to ask. It's funny how fans were rejoicing when new writers were brought in, now they're ready to go after them with torches and pitchforks. Stuff like this story ain't helping.

Do I want to watch Carrie and Rafe fight off their attraction to each other with a whip and a chair? No I don't.

Here's the thing I'm kind of disappointed in: Learning that Sami is indeed secretly spying at Kate's company for Madison. I'm sorry, I'm one of those silly fans that actually enjoys seeing Kate and Sami get along, even if it's grudgingly. Kate thinks that Sami is sincere and on the up and up and that makes me feel a little sorry for Kate. Sami declared that she agreed to the arrangement because she could resist the chance to take Kate down. Yes, I'm scratching my head. Because while I'm aware of Kate and Sami's past history, this is a case of "What have you done to me lately?" To me, Sami suddenly wanting to take out Kate makes no sense in regard to recent story. She has no reason to get back at Kate for anything because Kate hasn't done anything recently to precipitate any act of vengeance by Sami - does that make sense? In other words, Sami just decided out of the blue to jump at the chance to get back at Kate, even though Kate hadn't provoked her. What would be totally delicious at this point would be to add another twist. Yes Sami is working for Kate as a spy for Madison and seems to be doing a good job of working over Kate as well. But what if....? What if Kate has known about Sami and Madison's little scheme all along and that it's actually Madison who is getting incorrect info? From this angle, that looks like it's going to remain a pipe dream of mine, but damn, I'm still digging the idea.

Once again, something I've watched on this show has stunned me, and once again, Matt Ashford (Jack) had a hand in it. Marlena encourages Jack to join her group of military veterans who were meeting that day and who were played by real life vets. Jack protests to the idea at first but not for the reasons we think. "They put their lives on the line to defend their country," Jack states resolutely, "I just wandered over there looking for adventure and advancement." He pulls a pen out of his pocket. "This was my deadly weapon of choice," he says of the pen. "It would be an insult for me to go in there and pretend that I went through anything like they went through." So Jack's issue is not that he doesn't want to be helped, he feels that he doesn't deserve it. As Ashford pointed out in a recent interview with me, "Jack had no real reason to be over there." But he does join the group, who encourage him to open up. One of the soldiers was doubtful at first after hearing Jack was a journalist but changed his tune when Jack shared his story. "It's not a small club," one of them pointed out. "There are thousands just like us." Jack realized that they wanted him to share, that he needed to share. "Time was weird," he began, and told of being trapped in the cave for nearly a year and being beaten and tortured. "I just want to be whole again." Bravo. 

 

 

 

 

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What do you think is in the safety deposit box?	Secrets. Didn't you hear Stefano? The Dead Sea Scrolls? Alice's donut recipe? Some glowing green goo and the keys to Melaswen? I stopped caring a long time ago. Get on with it, Days!
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