Jack should have PTSD

[peachy1]

Remember how I said I liked the pace of the show? Well, I lied. Or, at least, I was just on a post-EJ-for-mayor high. And a post-first-party-in-forever high.

Now...it drags!

But I guess I'll put up with it till they can fill in story. Although, that's what I thought they were working on these last couple months. Silly me.

Glaring omission for the Jack and Jennifer story. Why doesn't Jack have Post Traumatic Stress Disorder? That would seem to be a more than obvious tack they could take. He was in a cave for, what, a year or so, not sure if he'd live or die?

I kept watching their scenes last week -- boo, not enough Ejole to keep me happy -- but there were about 12 scenes for 4 days in the same clothes re-hashing and re-hashing the same stuff.

I see that a mysterious man will start to follow Jennifer, so that part of the Alice-Horton-private-fund-she-told no one about- story is about to take off...but still...

I think having Jack go through some stuff would add the dimension they're missing. Without Jack having to explain himself a billion times.

Thoughts?

[Liz]

Thanks for coming back Peachy!

Yes, I gotta say that the show is boring. Yes, the dialog has improved but most of the stories are so uneventful:

John/Marlena: This the the most well-rounded story, but I'm tired of Jarlena getting the writing...time to pass it on to the younger folks.

Carrie/Austin/SAFE: Again, why is Carrie and Austin fighting already? I can see where this is going and don't like it a bit. I loved Carrie & Austin and want them together!

Jack/Jen/Dan: I'm so disappointed in this story. Its the SAME TIRED story for J&J: Jack fucks up and has to beg and plead for Jennifer's love. Jack was a PRISONER, yet Jenn and now his own daughter can't and won't understand that someone else did the blogs and he wasn't out of their lives because he wanted to. Dr Dan is no Dr Baker (from LHOTP), Quinn (medicine woman) or Greene. So stop making him out to be the saint!

Madison/Sami/Brady/Kate: Yes, ANOTHER story Sami's in. Is there something, anything Madison isn't great at? Three languages? Nate as her BFF? Stealing the distributor because she speaks Japanese? Well, Konnichiwa and Alligato go zai mas! (Hey, what do I get? LOL) Its such a lopsided fight with 3 (Madison, Brady, Sami) vs 1 (Kate.) Nicole would have been great here as Kate's ally. They should bury the hatchet!

Bope/Maggie/Eggs....MAGGIE'S EGGS.....enough said!

Abby/Chad Mel: I.DON'T.CARE about any of these boring teens/20-somethings. Chad is so boring. Mel is ebola to men and Abby is so whiny.

EJole is the only story that I find wanting to watching, but not only twice a week then, in two weeks? I understand that DAYS should be balanced, well, I don't think they have gotten the right balance yet.

[tabbie]

Poor Jack the way he is being treated after being kidnapped for a freakin year. What a joke of a storyline. I am so disappointed in Jennifer.

And as for balance. Safe are still front and center, so nothing has changed except for the interesting characters besides Jack barely being on.

And Peachy great to have you back!

[ashtonion90]

I agree with y'all. I could understand jennifer and abby'a actions if jack just disappeared for a year for no good reason, but why in the world make a kidnapping story for him if the consequences for jack are the same and he is gonna be blamed regardless?

As for Chad, he got boring again when he disowned the dimera family and abigail acts more like a 14 year old child saying daddy than a 20 something year old adult.

I've come to realize unfortunately that AS's Sami is the star of the show and seems to have free reign on how much air time she gets. Sucks for us.

Just give me Ejole, and Ill be happy...

[ejonna]

The balance part is really what makes me laugh. They were so adamant about restoring the balance. How in the world can you have one of your major characters, in what was seemingly a major storyline, not on the show for more than entire week??? Almost two, really! There is absolutely no excuse for it. Naturally I'd be perfectly happy if EJole and the entire DiMera family was on every single day but I realize there are other fans and other characters so I'm fine with everyone getting their fair share. The absolute MOST any fan should ever have to go without seeing their faves is two episodes...at the MOST. Really there's no excuse why it has to be more than one. You divide your major storylines into two groups and alternate. Why is this so difficult for them to grasp?

Ugh...I am just completely disgusted. I am glad that J&M are back but I don't need them to have a major story and I sure as hell don't care about their sex life. They had their days of glory and that includes Bope too. Like someone else said, it's time for the younger set to have their day

Also, I know no one else is going to get away with stealing the spotlight from AS but how in the hell can they bring in a newbie and give her all the airtime that should belong to AZ!!! I actually like Madison, prolly because I'm still stuck on the theory that one day we will find out she is working for EJ and if not that then she is definitely up to something because who in their right mind would hire Sami, I like her but I hate that she's getting a major s/l that should belong to Nicole.

[ejonna]

Wow....sorry everybody. I didn't realize how OT this last post was...forgot which thread I was in

[Liz]

I think we're all pretty frustrated in DAYS saying stuff and so far, they haven't delivered. It's just more of the same, with better dialog.

[bluemountain]

Can someone explain to me why they are not writing jack with PTSD? the man was held captive for over a year? This writers are loosing it big time here, instead they have him apologizing again and again for his absence when it wasn't his fault and on top of that he has to be competing with tan dan for jennifer's understanding and love, WTH!!!! Granted i never was a fan of the J &J combo, liked her with peter but i did see the love there.

Don't even get me started on maggie's story-line, alice's involvement and maybe madison or tan dan being a long lost horton, what!!!, some of these stories are suspiciously beginning to sound like dena, i thought she didn't write for dool any more, so what's that all about.

They need to just give me more ejole and the dimera's and i will even overlook everything else. Get it together writers please.

[DaveB]

There are spoilers in the coming weeks that Jack starts to deal with PTSD from his kidnapping

Hope that helps