FinchelKlaine4E
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The Chicago Bears is a football team.
preventing Claire from checking her YouTube account which perhaps was the greatest crime of all.
Is Orpheus really, truly dead?
This didn't seem like Orpheus's style. It seemed like a cheap gag. It was not suspenseful at all. And the pacing was really, really, really off during the rescue. (Steve and Sonny on a game of telephone tag does not make for a suspenseful show.)
The Chicago Bears is a football team.
The Chicago Bears is a football team.
Or Roman #1, 2 (aka John), or 2½ (aka the current Roman).
Yes, Jason, Andre has been at his diabolical best recently. Ghost Stefano must be bursting with pride and thinking, "that's my boy." As for the would-be master of mayhem, Orpheus, Stefano must be shaking his head over his ineptitude and cheap theatrics. The Phoenix must also be seething with rage over Orpheus's mistreatment of the Queen of the Night. He was probably thinking, "Stephen, get yourself over to that warehouse, slay that monster, and save my Marlena!" As for an Orpheus threepeat, Stefano would never allow it. He's surely very proud of being the king of resurrections and won't tolerate any competition. If needed, he'd utilize Ghost Bart and the spirits of other deceased DiMera operatives to ensure that the Big O stays on the far side.André was terrific today. I loved him sticking it to Hope and then helping Steve (while still "busting his chops"). Again, what a feat the writers have pulled off...I am once more singing the praises of André and not wishing he were Tony!
Now on to the really depressing part of the show...the slow burn. This didn't seem like Orpheus's style. It seemed like a cheap gag. It was not suspenseful at all. And the pacing was really, really, really off during the rescue. (Steve and Sonny on a game of telephone tag does not make for a suspenseful show.) I'm not sure if we were meant to see these scenes as quickly paced, or to see the burn as painful and slow.
Let's not hope for a threepeat. That would be...way...too...exci...zzzzzzzzzzzzz.
Call me crazy, but if I were Steve, I'd have beheaded or drowned Orpheus. Or both. Or tossed him like kindling on the fire after rescuing my Sweetness.
The villians NEVER go to jail. They fake their death or some such and turn up again in a few years.For all the mayhem Orpheus caused, he was still a second-rate super-villain compared to Stefano and Andre -- he had no staying power. His crimes were crude and his hideouts easily discovered by John and Steve (naturally not by the Salem P.D.). If a song was going to be composed about him, it might contain the line: "Orpheus, Stefano DiMera laughs at you."
As for the Hope/Rafe/Roman predicament, it's doesn't fly for me simple because it's based on the use of only-in-Salem legal principles. Anywhere else, charming Melinda would be scrambling to find additional evidence because otherwise her hopes of winning a big conviction would go down the drain. As for Hope, maybe everyone shouldn't be so distraught over the thought of her going to prison. After all, she's been there before and was out in a blink of an eye. Sure, she wasn't doing time for murder then -- just muggings -- but members of Salem's in-crowd also do little time for murder (e.g., Nick and Gabi). Who knows, maybe Hope could perform some heroics in prison and return to Salem as a hero while a frustrated Andre fumes.