Friday, May 16th, 2008

“You must be crazy.”
“Only for you.” Awwww. And Sami, EJ does like your chest, but you don’t have to show it off to him that much.



“You can have the apple slices if you like.” Apparently she does. And preschool when the kids aren’t even a year old yet? Someone’s reaching.



“You know that there is nothing that I wouldn't do to help you.” I know. That’s why you’re Evil EJ. Nothing gets in your way.
“I don't care what kind of relationship we have, but you don't need to do this anymore. You don't have to stand there and pretend to be this person. Just come here. Come here. Come here. It's okay.” Oh, I love Ejami hugging! And encouraging Sami to be her evil self and command after command. You really are a mastermind.



Yes, I know, EJ. Your Samantha is very frustrating sometimes.



“I hate girls who cry all the time.”
“You don't cry all the time, darling. Some of the time you're angry.” A joke! Thank you!



“Samantha, you do have control of your own life. It's just other people's lives that you can't be expected to control. Not like I do, anyway.”



“Now, where do we go from here?”
“If you really don't want me in your life, you need to let me know because at the moment, I'm getting some really mixed signals.”
“Do you have feelings for me? Do you have any feelings for me at all?” Dude, you are relentless. Keep knocking at the door.
“But if you want me to stop having any kind of relationship with Nicole that is not strictly professional, I will do that. You just have to give me a reason to do it. Just something.” I love how EJ makes deals with Sami all the time. Quid pro quo is so sexy.



“What are you going to do about it?” Man, Evil EJ really needs to run an empowerment seminar. Sami thinks she has control over her own life…even though he’s pulling the strings.



My favorite part and just like back in 2006. Touching heads like this is such a sweet gesture. EJ is so attached to his Samantha.



I also love Ejami kissing! And no slurping, just loving.

Grade: A-. The only way this would have been better would have been if it was longer. EJ is entwining himself around Sami, and Sami is letting her love for him out. Go Ejami!

Thursday, May 15th, 2008

“Everything is perfect. I live in this great house. I have these two healthy, happy, sleeping children, and what could I possibly have to complain about?” And you’re married to EJ! It’s totally awesome!



“I assume you are referring to Master Elvis.” Still don’t like you, Rolf, but nice to see you’re on the “Let’s call EJ Elvis” bandwagon. See who else you can convince.



“I can't get over the feeling that I'm cheating on Samantha.” Aw, you love her so much! *sigh*



“I should just ignore all of my emotions.”
“Well, with the exception of the one emotion which will never steer you wrong-fear. It is the most effective survival technique to which one must always succumb.” Yeah, Sami, keep leaving the twins with the evil doctor here; nothing bad could possibly come of it.



“I'm the victim here, all right? And the sooner I can remind Samantha of that, the better.”
Hehehe. Oh, this is going to be glorious, isn’t it, Evil EJ?



“Well, you wait right here. We'll continue this little tête-à-tête when I get back.” Oh, so commanding. I love it when EJ orders.
“Samantha, I have absolutely nothing to gain by lying to you. And by nothing, I mean everything.”
“As a matter of fact, Samantha, it is out of the goodness of my heart.” Oh, no, it’s not.
“And I'm an American gladiator.” If you’re going to plug, NBC, do it a tad bit less obviously.



“Whether you want to believe it or not, I really want you to be happy.” With you, you mean. And where have I seen that evil brown hoodie before?



“I made love to you that night because of the way that I felt about you, and at the time, I really-I-I thought that you felt the same way.”
“And I was so embarrassed and humiliated by that, by how disgusted you were with me, that I took all my anger and I brought it all against you.” These are the only two lines I liked out of this whole conversation. Ali and especially James did a great job with the material, but I simply don’t care. Seriously, I’ve been over the deal since February 2007. It was an adult trade, and they both got what they wanted.



“I told her that I loved you.” Of course you did!
“You've done a lot of good things, as you pointed out” Um, like what, Sami? EJ only does ‘good’ in order to raise your opinion of him, not because he’s a good man.
“You were willing to help Lucas come back.” Only in order to wean you off him and realize your love for EJ.



“I'm not doing anything. She's the one who's chasing me.”
“It's relevant because I can't stop her from turning up wherever she wants to, okay?”
“I can't control what she does, okay? If she wants to have a crush on me...” Well, you could stop calling Nicole and leading her on, but that doesn’t exactly fit with your evil plan to entrap your Samantha, does it?



“How is that a problem, Samantha? We're married.” Exactly, EJ. I don’t see any problem here.
“What is wrong with me?” If this is wrong, Sami, you don’t want to be right.

Grade: B+. I had to take off some for the deal discussion, but EJ reminding Nicole that he only loves Sami and Ejami kissing was fanastic. Evil EJ’s plan to ensnare his Samantha is progressing nicely.

Wednesday, May 14th, 2008

“Who made you the morality police?” Ah, TPTB you slay me.



Tall glass of water indeed. I see that Days has remembered it is a soap, and yes, this is what I want to see. Now get going on that shower scene.



Aw, it was so sweet of EJ to help Bru Bru with her work out.



“Would you like to come down and make Samantha jealous-I mean, run some laps with me?”



Hmmm. Better than Ejate, worse than Ejami. Moreover, not only was there this strange pause before Nicole and EJ kissed each other, and by strange I mean strange, not normal pre-kiss awkwardness. I also definitely heard slurping. Yuck.



“You’re a beautiful woman, but I love Samantha.” Of course you do, EJ.
“Who said anything about love?” And you’d know as Louis Vuitton doesn’t accept that.

Grade: *shrugs* C. EJ was hot, but I need more than that, and EJ with Nicole, well, there ain’t no there there. Watchable, but no passion or chemistry.

Let EJ Hug You, Sami!

It's May 13th where Sami stupidly refuses to let EJ hug her. You can just see how EJ is so hurt by this.

We Have an Electronic Ejami Photo

Yes, it's small, and yes, Ejami looks bored, but hey, we gotta start somewhere.

Tuesday, May 13th, 2008

This is what happens when I get excited from the “Next time on Days” promos. No Patch, no Squire, no jokes. I demand a refund. At least EJ’s up on everyone’s whereabouts and his nice blue flowery tie has reappeared.



“Sami i luv u-no teh sex w/EJ plz k thx ur Lucas.” An email? Seriously? Yet another waste of time. At least Sami’s pink flowery top is pleasant. Ejami is coordinating their outfits again.



“What are you doing here?” Well, he doesn’t actually have an office, he’s already been to the Pub today, and the DiMansion only has the living room here, the stairs, and the entrance, so there’s really nowhere else he can go.



“You don't look fine.” Neither do you, EJ. Someone needs a nap.



“Didn't I say that I had a headache?” Yeah, I hear drinking really helps with those.



“I'm gonna be reaching a bit, Samantha, but you also seem quite sad.”
“Can I give you a hug, Samantha?”
“Samantha, please. You're upset. You're clearly in a lot of pain.”
“You're gonna be a lot more comfortable if you just go to bed, sweetheart.” Insightful, endearing, and wonderfully kind to his Samantha no matter what his morality is. Lucas wouldn’t have even noticed.



Thank goodness I dramatically paused here with the door open for several moments so I could overhear EJ’s phone conversation with Nicole.

Grade: Split decision. EJ and Steve and Sami and crappy letter, C. Ejami B+. Aw, EJ wanted to hold Sami so badly. Maybe next time.

Monday, May 12th, 2008

Normally I’d complain about seeing the same scene over, but no need.



“Maybe you weren't thinking. Maybe you were just reacting.” Exactly. That’s been Sami’s problem this entire time. Her heart has loved you for a long time, but her mind wants her to love the ‘acceptable’ man Lucas.



“Keys, lip gloss, cell phone…now where’s the part of my soul that belongs to Lucas?”



“The way she threw herself on me was wonderful.” It was. And you played it just right, EJ.
“You obviously don't really understand the type of relationship that I have with Samantha.” Neither does anyone else on this show, not even Sami. We still have everyone else thinking of you as a stand in whose feelings are unreciprocated. Sometimes it hurts to be ahead of the curve.



“Look, Nicole, just calm down for a second. You're just upset because of what happened with Cookie.” Bwah! Yeah, you were really into those photos, weren’t you, EJ?
“My personal life never interferes with my work.” Your ability to multitask is thoroughly unparalleled. I am envious.
“What's going on here, EJ ? I feel like I'm being cross-examined.” Nicole, why are you so incredibly stupid now? Keep up!



“Grandma, what if Lucas keeps refusing to see me? I'm afraid that I'm just gonna get angrier and angrier at him. And by the time he realizes that he's wrong and that he should see me, I'm not gonna want to see him anymore.”
“Sami, that doesn't make sense.” Actually, it does, even if Sami weren’t in love with EJ. Lucas is an ungrateful hypocrite.



“Why are you asking him? He doesn't know anything about anything.” Everything about everything, more like it.
“I think that Samantha is just desperate to hold on to what she used to have with Lucas.” Score! And nice to see you aren’t letting your stalker skills get rusty, EJ.
“I am hardly desperate about anything. And it is not what I had with Lucas. It is what I have with him. And it's called true love, EJ. But you're never gonna know anything about that, are you?” Sami, all of this is wrong. I know it’s painful for you to admit that you’ve wasted so much time on someone who will never love you the way you should be loved and who doesn’t deserve your devotion to him, but it’s time to trade up.



“I didn’t do anything, not intentionally, anyway.” Mwahahaha!
“You’re only here because Lucas can’t be.” Oh, how little you know, Caroline.



Welcome to EJ’s flashback theater. You may recall in our last episode last May, EJ was feeling bad about Sami lying to him about wanting to be with him and their baby. Now EJ is contemplating his plan to force Sami to confront her feelings for him and see that Lucas is not the man she thinks he is. Seriously, this went on forever, not that I’m complaining about seeing “Samantha will be mine” again.



Oh, what I would not give for Stefano to just walk in the door during one of these weird scenes. And knock it off with the “You had to be that way to work for Stefano” allusions, show. Save that material for EJ.



“I think he’s finally becoming his own person.” Not really. EJ is no longer controlled by his father, yes. But he’s exchanged that for his fixation on Sami, so there’s a little growth there but much more transference.
“Whether that’s a good thing or a bad thing, it’s too early to tell.” Rolf, if we keep having Summer EJ and Evil EJ trade off, we don’t have to choose!
“With John as he currently is and with your mother longing for the man he used to be, I think there is as much chance of them reuniting as there is of you forgetting about Lucas and falling in love with EJ.” So all systems are go! And Sami already loves EJ, Rolf.



“Not you, too!” What did I say about being dumb, Nicole?

Grade: A-. I find it interesting that we’ve switched back to EJ being on the outside looking in here. Honestly, since the Ejami dynamic has been that way ever since I’ve watched since November 2006, it’s what I prefer, and I do think it’s the stronger story as well as I don’t need the Brady/Horton oligarchy to approve of Ejami. Sami needs to let go of the insecurities that are standing in the way of her own happiness and choose EJ for EJ. And that means admitting that he’s been right about her loving him all along.