Jen67
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I agree with a lot of the points posted above. The main reason I wanted the new writers was so they could redeem the characters that had become so unlikeable during the last regime. Unfortunately, that did not happen.
Instead of trying to fix Eric and Nicole's relationship, the new writers continued with Daniel and Nicole and had Eric driven to drinking which culminated in the crash on NYE and Daniel's death. Now Nicole has neither man as Eric awaits sentencing and the whole town is devastated at the loss of Dan the Tan Man.
The new writers ruined Aiden so that Bo could return to Hope. The problem was that Peter Reckell (Bo) had no intention of staying long term, so Bo and Hope got one day of romance and love before Bo died. Now Hope has neither man and vowed revenge on Stefano and even killed him. The irony is I don't believe he was responsible for Bo's kidnapping. Now Hope has lost her two most viable romance pairings and the writers are pushing her together with Rafe, a man who is not much older than her son. Instead of ruining Aiden, the writers could have pushed him to the backburner while Bo and Hope reunited, and after Bo passed, slowly built the romance back up with Aiden.
Inconsistent writing for Rafe. He did so good last fall working on the Necktie Killer case, then after Bo's death, he dropped all interest in that case and began focusing all his attention on Hope, allowing Lani as a rookie cop to come in and take down Ben (not very realistic).
No followup to the reveal of Ben as the Necktie Killer. I would have liked to see Eve's reaction to the news after she went in to rant at Chad. They could have brought Lucas out from where they are hiding him to react to Ben killing Will. I never got to see Justin with egg on his face after going after Chad.
The SORASing of the teens. I did not mind them aging Joey. We barely saw him as a child so it made sense to make him a teen, although they should have done it when they aged JJ so he would have had someone in his age group other that the recurring group they surrounded him with (oh, and Paige). Same with Claire, although it's a little harder with her as Shawn and Belle are only in their 30s. Theo was fine too since he wasn't on a lot as a kid. However, I found it very jarring to age Ciara and Chase when just a few weeks before they were portrayed as ten years old. I would have preferred they kept Lauren Boles as Ciara at least through Bo's death, then while Hope was dealing with her issues of losing both husbands, Ciara could have been away at boarding school off-site for a few months, then they could have brought her on later this year as a teen.
I do not like Belle this time around. I only remember teen Belle but this woman is very selfish and does not seem to care about her daughter at all. I think she's trying to tie with Sami for worst mother of the year award. And what is the deal with her whining about Shawn divorcing her when she's the one who cheated? Then she tried to go to bed with Chad and did fly to Vegas and cheated on Shawn with Philip. I am so ready for her to go join Sami or just leave Salem.
I also want to see more extended family scenes. I liked Steve holding baby Thomas the other day and talking to Abby. Now can he go visit Adrienne? Can Lucas check on Jennifer after the accident? Can Doug or Julie follow up on Hope after losing both husbands?
Oh, and if Dena Higley loves Tamara Braun so much to bring her back on the show as Ava, can we just get rid of Ava and let the actress come on as Taylor Walker so Nicole will have some family in town? I am so sick of Ava and her games with Steve and Kayla and now Joey. Poor Joey with his first "love". The show loves the cougar scenario. First Brady with Kristen, Rafe with Kate, JJ with Eve, and now Joey with Ava. I just hope they leave Joey's infatuation as just that and do not go any further in that.
I also want to see more Lucas, Paul, and Adrienne. I like JJ and Gabi together but they are not shown very much and I would like to see an outing with them taking Arianna out. If JJ is going to go out with a single mom they need to show him with the baby. They also hardly have Ari on anymore.
Instead of trying to fix Eric and Nicole's relationship, the new writers continued with Daniel and Nicole and had Eric driven to drinking which culminated in the crash on NYE and Daniel's death. Now Nicole has neither man as Eric awaits sentencing and the whole town is devastated at the loss of Dan the Tan Man.
The new writers ruined Aiden so that Bo could return to Hope. The problem was that Peter Reckell (Bo) had no intention of staying long term, so Bo and Hope got one day of romance and love before Bo died. Now Hope has neither man and vowed revenge on Stefano and even killed him. The irony is I don't believe he was responsible for Bo's kidnapping. Now Hope has lost her two most viable romance pairings and the writers are pushing her together with Rafe, a man who is not much older than her son. Instead of ruining Aiden, the writers could have pushed him to the backburner while Bo and Hope reunited, and after Bo passed, slowly built the romance back up with Aiden.
Inconsistent writing for Rafe. He did so good last fall working on the Necktie Killer case, then after Bo's death, he dropped all interest in that case and began focusing all his attention on Hope, allowing Lani as a rookie cop to come in and take down Ben (not very realistic).
No followup to the reveal of Ben as the Necktie Killer. I would have liked to see Eve's reaction to the news after she went in to rant at Chad. They could have brought Lucas out from where they are hiding him to react to Ben killing Will. I never got to see Justin with egg on his face after going after Chad.
The SORASing of the teens. I did not mind them aging Joey. We barely saw him as a child so it made sense to make him a teen, although they should have done it when they aged JJ so he would have had someone in his age group other that the recurring group they surrounded him with (oh, and Paige). Same with Claire, although it's a little harder with her as Shawn and Belle are only in their 30s. Theo was fine too since he wasn't on a lot as a kid. However, I found it very jarring to age Ciara and Chase when just a few weeks before they were portrayed as ten years old. I would have preferred they kept Lauren Boles as Ciara at least through Bo's death, then while Hope was dealing with her issues of losing both husbands, Ciara could have been away at boarding school off-site for a few months, then they could have brought her on later this year as a teen.
I do not like Belle this time around. I only remember teen Belle but this woman is very selfish and does not seem to care about her daughter at all. I think she's trying to tie with Sami for worst mother of the year award. And what is the deal with her whining about Shawn divorcing her when she's the one who cheated? Then she tried to go to bed with Chad and did fly to Vegas and cheated on Shawn with Philip. I am so ready for her to go join Sami or just leave Salem.
I also want to see more extended family scenes. I liked Steve holding baby Thomas the other day and talking to Abby. Now can he go visit Adrienne? Can Lucas check on Jennifer after the accident? Can Doug or Julie follow up on Hope after losing both husbands?
Oh, and if Dena Higley loves Tamara Braun so much to bring her back on the show as Ava, can we just get rid of Ava and let the actress come on as Taylor Walker so Nicole will have some family in town? I am so sick of Ava and her games with Steve and Kayla and now Joey. Poor Joey with his first "love". The show loves the cougar scenario. First Brady with Kristen, Rafe with Kate, JJ with Eve, and now Joey with Ava. I just hope they leave Joey's infatuation as just that and do not go any further in that.
I also want to see more Lucas, Paul, and Adrienne. I like JJ and Gabi together but they are not shown very much and I would like to see an outing with them taking Arianna out. If JJ is going to go out with a single mom they need to show him with the baby. They also hardly have Ari on anymore.