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I am neither to the right, the left, or the center. If asked about the ‘Tea Party’ I would likely agree to join as long as they have milk and sugar, oh and some really fine dunking cookies. My personal favorites are McVitie’s Digestives, with or without chocolate, they are the perfect dunking weapon. The […]
“Like sands through the hourglass… so are the days of our lives.” So begins the rather epic two disc collection of music from Days of our Lives, a soap opera that has been airing daily for almost half a century. As the composers discuss in the liner notes, the last collection was released over ten […]
Jersey Shore? Fuhgeddaboudit. Jersey City is the gem of reality TV. Shore is MTV. Jersey City is FBI. Like, how real is that? Killer videos of pols talking trash and passing cash have been unspooling in federal court in Newark at the trial of Jersey City Deputy Mayor Leona Beldini. Beldini was busted last Summer in an […]
When Ashley invites Adam to join her and her family for Thanksgiving dinner but he says he will pass. He thinks back to when he kissed Sharon and how he apologized to her for it. Sharon tells him that he didn’t mess things up, he just surprised her. Adam tells her to call him if […]
Jack gets Nick’s message telling him their deal isn’t going to happen. When he says Nick’s name out loud Katherine hears him and turns around and calls Nick. He agrees to meet her at the club to discuss a business matter with her. Phyllis comes downstairs and Nick tells her he is going out but […]
Chloe snuggles up to chance once again and when she apparently hurts him she apologizes. She tells him she thinks maybe he should take Katherine up on her offer to him for a job at Chancellor Industries saying it is a lot safer sitting behind a desk where the worse he can get would be […]
Billy tells Chloe she shouldn’t flatter herself because the only woman he is interested in is Mac. Chloe gets a text message to come back to the Chancellor Mansion saying there is a problem there concerning Phillip. As she runs out the door Billy follows telling her to wait for him. Lauren tells Michael she […]
Lauren jokes around about the rat someone sent to her as a gift. Nick comes in with a check for the Bardwell’s. He says it is good will and good PR. While inside Gloria says she can’t wait to shed her apron for good there. She sees Nick out on the patio and says that […]
Chance and Chloe quietly enter the Chancellor Mansion. He tells Chloe she doesn’t have to worry, the doctor released him and even signed the release form. He says he just didn’t want the women folk to fuss over him and he says as he looks at Chloe well except for one certain woman that is. […]
Billy makes it very clear to Cane that his girlfriend will not be carrying Cane’s baby. He says Lily will have to find another incubator. Mac walks Cane to the door telling him she will handle this and when he leaves she tells Billy he has completely crossed the line this time. Paul talks with […]
Billy goes to the Chancellor Estate to see Delia but is told she is sleeping and that Chloe is at the hospital with Chance. He asks her how Chance is doing and they agree he is a lucky guy. Billy complains to Katherine about Cane being back with Lily and in the family. He wants […]
Michael tells Daniel if Ryder comes up with an alibi it could mean he will be back in the hot seat again. Michael says it is his job to find that alibi though so he tells Daniel to hang in there. Michael goes up to Ryder and tells him to take a break as he […]
When Billy goes back to Jimmy’s he grabs some paper towels to waves using them as his white flag to try and make peace with Mac. Mac runs around the bar and hugs him. She tells him that this is the last thing they should be fighting over. He us happy to assume that she […]
Lily announces to her father that she and Cane are ready to make a baby together. Murphy comes in and tells Mac that Chance has been stabbed. Nina comes out and tells everyone that the doctor is trying to repair Chance’s spleen and if it can’t be repaired they are going to have to remove […]
Neil walks over to Cane and helps him up after he broke down with worry over Lily. They go talk to the doctor who tells them he hopes to have an answer for them soon. Cane looks at Lily through the window of her hospital room door and looks devastated as Lily lie there with […]
Lily and Cane wake up in each others arms and they don’t want breakfast. All Lily wants this morning is more of what she got from him last night. Chloe confesses to Chance about Billy’s kiss and she tells him that she blew him off. She says he knows she is serious so she wants […]
Lily eats Halloween candy for breakfast but when Cane hands her medicine to her, he holds onto her hand. He apologizes to her. She can remember the way he is looking at her as the way he used to look at her. She tells him she misses him looking at her like that. Lauren has […]
Victoria walks up to Billy and slaps him in the face and tells him this is her way of saying thanks jerk and then she marches out of Jimmy’s. Kevin is amazed calling that simply awesome. Billy tells Kevin to go rob a bank or something but Kevin says there is no way he is […]
Sharon has some flashbacks as she hands out Halloween candy about how they took her family to the haunted house on Victor’s private jet. Victor had transformed it for the kids. Victor goes to talk to Ashley and Abby about him leaving town going to a rehab clinic in Belgium. Ashley tells him that Victoria […]
Victor wakes up in bed and is happy to find Nikki there with him with her hand resting on his chest where she can feel his heart beating. Victor tells her he is so grateful for the gift of life and that she is going to Europe with him. She tells him someone has to […]
Ashley calls Victor telling him she heard that he was leaving town. She tells him he needs to call her because she knows how upsetting this will be for Abby. As she hangs up Abby walks in along with Nick and Noah. Noah is packing up to move in with his Mom. Abby tells Noah […]
Phyllis goes to Michael for some advice about her going back to work at Newman. She says working at Newman was her idea to begin with but now she is having second thoughts. She tells him that the sight of Victor makes her blood boil. She asks if she can really work for that man […]
Ashley has Faith dressed wearing Colleen’s Christening gown. Adam remarks that he doesn’t know what he would do if he ever lost a child. Traci says you honor them and life as she looks like she is about to cry. Adam thinks back to putting Faith in Ashley’s arms and then having to tell Sharon […]
Jack reaches for his phone to call the police when he sees Dr. P thinking she is Patty. Paul stops him telling him she is Dr. Emily Peterson, not Patty and she had ID to prove it. When Jack is over the sudden shock, he looks over at Victor and asks if he gave Patty […]
Jack and Billy hold a meeting at Indigo and when they wrap things up Jack tells Billy he noticed that the bank manager turned him down for a loan. He tells Billy he isn’t surprised because it is hard for a startup to get credit these days. Jack asks him what he really needs that […]
Nick tells Phyllis how good it was to see his Dad up and walking around but she isn’t as impressed as he is. She tells him with things going crazy over at Newman she could work over their temporarily and get things in shape. He asks but what about her work at Restless Style. She […]
Phyllis and Chloe are having a fit saying they are going to press. Jack brings in some donuts saying it is a sugar rush/bribe. Jack asks that despite it being so close to the deadline but he wants to know if they can add a note to donate organs in Colleen’s memory. Phyllis agrees to […]
Sharon is unpacking as she turns up the stereo and starts dancing around. When Jack visits, she tells him she spent the night thinking about Brad and Colleen but she says it is all good today. She says she promised her baby that she would live her life differently now and she plans to keep […]
Lily has been given the OK to go out again. She is so happy about the quarantine being lifted that she asks Cane to take her to the cemetery to see Colleen since she couldn’t go to the service. Roxanne goes to Indigo with a card for Lily to ask Neil to give to her […]
Billy and Mac are still at the cabin and so is Chloe and Chance. Billy brags on Mac’s potato salad and Chloe thanks Chance for taking time off from fighting crime to get her favorite take out. Mac asks can’t they just go. She argues that since he and Chloe aren’t divorced yet it is […]
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