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Post by leafs27 on Jul 4, 2023 12:12:23 GMT
I am glad Lani is back, surprisingly!
This stuff with Megan being shot is so dumb. There was so much bad acting on Monday between her and Li Shin. Ugh. At least everyone knows Harris is brainwashed.
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Post by stargazer1682 on Jul 4, 2023 16:07:37 GMT
What's the deal with Lani's mom situation? I know, or at least I think I know, at some point she found out the woman who was originally her mom, wasn't actually her mom (after finding out that Abe wasn't actually her dad). But like, it seems odd (not for Days, but like, in reality) for her to have that kind of relationship of seeing this woman that she's only known a couple of years and be like, "Hi mama!"
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Post by leafs27 on Jul 4, 2023 21:14:02 GMT
Lani thought Tamra Price, Marlena's old pal, was her mom, and Abe was her dad. She came to Salem and established a relationship with Abe.
Then when Lani's aunt, Paulina (Tamra's sister) showed up in town, after a while there was weird stuff going on with Paulina and then with her mom, Big Mama (Marla Gibbs). Eventually, it came out that Paulina was really Lani's mom and gave her to Tamra to raise because of her abusive ex, Lani'd real bio dad, TR Coates. TR then came to town and figured out Lani was his daughter, then tried to hill Abe and take Paulina away, only for Lani to end up shooting TR to protect them, hence why she is in jail.
But Lani and Paulina eventually came to an understanding about why Paulina did what she did and they had more of a mother-daughter relationship before Lani went to prison. So she has known Paulina her whole life, but as her aunt until recently.
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Post by stargazer1682 on Jul 5, 2023 17:44:28 GMT
Ah, well at least there was a prior connection; I'm not sure I gleaned that much from clips and descriptions. Although it's not like this show hasn't just jumped head long into characters having these deep and meaningful relationships with random strangers, just by virtue of discovering paternity (or even sometimes maternity); while ignoring the bonds with whomever they grew up thinking their parent was. I think the last if not only time they didn't do that was Mike finding out Mickey wasn't his dad.
Still, a pretty random retcon. Like, why did the writers feel like they needed to completely upend her relationship with Abe? And the implications of the cover-up seem kind of dumb; like Tamra didn't need to pretend Abe was Lani's father. She could have just made-up a fake boyfriend who was no longer in the picture.
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Post by leafs27 on Jul 6, 2023 1:50:04 GMT
I agree but I think given Lani's age it fit in terms of Abe'e relationship with Tamra. I don't know. I actually find this is one of the more palatable retcons and I don't mind it.
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