Allie lastly remembered what occurred to her in London.
She had an emotional session with Marlena that gave me hope that possibly Days of Our Lives was lastly taking her rape severely.
Sadly, that was a one-shot deal, and Days of Our Lives throughout the week of 1-25-21 shortly jumped to Allie apologizing profusely for hurting Tripp together with her false accusation.
I’ve blended emotions concerning the apology.
Allie DID damage Tripp. She not solely mistakenly accused him of rape, however she tried to shoot him between the legs within the title of vigilante justice, after which her father tried to complete the job with a pair of scissors.
Allie: Do you thoughts if I discuss to Tripp alone?
Steve: Certain.
[After Steve leaves.]
Allie: I simply got here from the police station.
Tripp: So I suppose Shawn advised you that the DNA proves that Charlie is Henry’s father. You consider now that I am harmless?
Allie: I already believed you. I have been working with Grandma Marlena and I do know now that Charlie was the one who raped me. I got here to say I am sorry. And I do know that simply saying that is not ok, that it will not make up for what I stated and did to you. I actually thought you had been the one. I ought to have gone to Grandma Marlena within the first place. I used to be improper and I am so, so sorry.
So within the context of the story, it makes Allie a stand-up individual that she took accountability for her poor habits towards Tripp, felt responsible about it, and wished to make amends.
However on the identical time, this story’s focus has been virtually 100% on how onerous it’s for Tripp to be falsely accused relatively than on Allie’s emotional response to a traumatic assault.
Allie acquired ONE day to cry and scream and cling to Marlena. ONE day.
By morning, she appeared to be over it and able to go on an apology tour whereas Shawn arrested Charlie and Belle broke the information to Claire that Allie had accused the improper man earlier than.
The main target was STILL virtually completely on Tripp; the message was that the one factor a rape survivor must be okay with is to know the title of her rapist in order that he may be arrested. On prime of that, the survivor is now the one one apologizing for something.
This was improper on so many ranges that it is onerous to know the place to start.
Allie: What if I did not say No as a lot as I believe I did? What if I did not struggle sufficient? What if I keep in mind and it seems that it is my fault I acquired into this mess?
Marlena: Take heed to me. This isn’t your fault. Whether or not you fought otherwise you did not, you stated No otherwise you did not, would not matter.
The someday devoted to Allie’s trauma proved that Days of Our Lives might get it proper in the event that they actually wished to.
Throughout Allie’s remedy session, she expressed worry and ache, did not need to go too deeply into her traumatic reminiscences, and confided in Marlena that she was afraid that she hadn’t fought again onerous sufficient for it to “rely” as rape, which Marlena assured her was not the case.
These scenes hit all the proper notes, however the message fell flat as a result of the story had been dealt with so irresponsibly within the first place.
Days of Our Lives might have completed so a lot better than this.
As a substitute of there being a whodunit, Allie might have saved the rape to herself when she confirmed up pregnant however given off refined indicators that one thing was improper, like being nervous round mild Eric as a result of to her, all males at the moment are rapists.
Eric is a rape survivor, and he might have seen the indicators lengthy earlier than anybody else, just for everybody to dismiss it as him imposing his personal experiences onto Allie.
With Sami additionally being a rape survivor who would not need to consider one thing comparable might occur to Allie, this might have led to some nice facet drama between Eric and his hotheaded twin.
We might even have had some ignorant folks blame Allie for her rape as a result of she was drunk, just for folks like Nicole, Marlena, and Kayla to come back out strongly for the truth that Allie’s incapacity to consent made this rape and that it was under no circumstances her fault.
It could have been highly effective drama if this had been intertwined with a narrative about Lucas worrying that his daughter was an alcoholic like him and struggling to separate his perception that Allie wanted to cease consuming from his emotions about what occurred to her.
However as an alternative of that nuanced, accountable, emotional story, we acquired month after month of everybody attacking poor Tripp whereas Allie insisted the improper man raped her.
And so as to add insult to harm, the actual rapist turned out to be, by an enormous collection of coincidences, Tripp’s unhinged half-brother who adopted Tripp to Allie’s flat, waited for him to go away, after which sneaked in to rape her in order that the DNA would match Tripp.
There are some annoying plot holes within the story now that Charlie has been outed because the rapist.
For one factor, as Charlie gloated about to Tripp, the incident passed off in London, so there isn’t any jurisdiction in Salem.
That was a plot level that might have led to an emotional story for Allie however as an alternative led solely to Allie and Lucas attacking what Tripp had between his legs. Anyway, since that is the case, why on Earth was Shawn capable of arrest Charlie?
And the DNA take a look at that “proves” Charlie is child Henry’s father additionally “proved” Tripp was, since, in Salem, half-brothers with totally different fathers have comparable sufficient DNA to idiot a paternity take a look at. So even when the DNA proof was judged admissible, how on Earth does it assist something?
At this level, there isn’t any method a prison trial might proceed.
A protection lawyer would argue efficiently that Allie spent months claiming Tripp raped her, solely to show round and declare Charlie did. There isn’t a forensic proof of the rape. The child’s existence solely proves that Allie had intercourse, and she or he might have had it with both of those males.
It could have made extra sense for Allie to drop the civil lawsuit towards Tripp and file towards Charlie.
Charlie is already possible going to jail on kidnapping fees right here within the States. Although the rape cannot be prosecuted right here, it might be argued at sentencing that the choose ought to throw the e book at him contemplating what he admitted to Ava he additionally did.
So submitting a civil swimsuit ought to maintain holding Charlie accountable for the rape.
However as an alternative, Charlie goes to jail for against the law he cannot be prosecuted for in Salem except the writers randomly overlook the jurisdiction difficulty now that we have now the proper man in custody.
In the meantime, hopefully, Claire can get away from Charlie with out him performing like an unhinged stalker.
If and when Charlie will get out of jail — which he in all probability will quickly since that is Days of Our Lives’ concept of compelling drama — he is in all probability going to attempt to win Claire over, and when she rejects him to kidnap her and persuade himself that he is good to her.
It is very predictable and annoying, so I might desire we not go that route.
I might additionally like there to be extra give attention to Allie therapeutic from her rape and fewer on the 2 guys who had been concerned together with her that evening, however that requires the writers to take issues like psychological well being remedy and sexual assault severely, and so they’ve made it clear they do not intend to do both.
Along with the Allie/Tripp/Charlie mess, we had Kristen taking Tony hostage in order that she might be by Brady’s bedside as a part of one other tremendous problematic storyline.
Philip is outwardly a playing addict, however as an alternative of writing a critical story about that, his habit is a footnote to the actual story about him laundering cash for a mob so silly that their goons shot a person who had nothing to do with it.
It could have been one factor if the mob purposely went after Philip’s household to intimidate Philip into paying up, however they did no such factor. They only assumed that whoever was in Philip’s room was the man they had been after.
Plus, placing Brady in a coma does nothing to get better any of the Vitales’ cash. And it is idiotic contemplating Victor has infinite assets. Would not it make extra sense to kidnap Philip or Brady and demand the cash be repaid as a ransom?
And why would the mob go quietly into the evening after capturing Brady, as if that resolved the entire difficulty?
Philip was so unlikable and smug throughout this complete factor. The ONLY cause he appears to care about Brady making it’s as a result of that’ll get him out of hassle with Victor and presumably the regulation.
After which we added Kristen’s altercation with the world’s stupidest police guard into the combo, too.
In actual life, jail guards typically don’t carry weapons whereas on responsibility for this actual cause. There’s an excessive amount of danger {that a} prisoner might steal a gun and trigger chaos.
And if that little bit of unreality wasn’t unhealthy sufficient, the guard simply stood there whereas Kristen grabbed his gun, held a customer hostage, and walked off. She even advised him precisely the place she was going, but nobody knew the place to seek out her till Chad referred to as hospital safety.
And after Kristen was re-arrested, she threatened Chloe in entrance of a police escort who proceeded to do nothing about it.
I do know soaps aren’t all the time reasonable, however is it essential to make the cops THAT incompetent?
There’s additionally an excessive amount of gun violence on Days of Our Lives these days. It could have been simply nearly as good for Kristen to get an escorted go to to the hospital since her husband was severely injured and do her finest not to return to jail.
I did snort at Tony’s reactions, although. I do not know what was funnier: the best way he simply downed a drink when Anna requested how his go to with Kristen was or the best way he dismissed her holding him at gunpoint as Kristen being Kristen.
One other excessive level of the week was Anna giving Abigail marital recommendation. Though I believe Chad deserves an extended time-out earlier than Abby takes him again, I loved the 2 girls speaking. That is the type of friendship and household scene that Days of Our Lives has far too little of.
The opposite spotlight of the week of 1-29-21 was Nicole and Rafe’s date.
Sadly, it was off-screen, in all probability as a consequence of price range constraints. However each Nicole insisting on taking Rafe out for his birthday, and their dialogue about how the day on the arcade went was enjoyable.
Nicole is a lot extra relaxed round Rafe than she ever was round Eric. I’ve wished Days of Our Lives to offer this couple a strive eternally, and I am thrilled they’re lastly spending time collectively.
Please, cleaning soap gods, do not have Eric come again simply as issues are heating up between Nicole and Rafe!
And eventually, Ben simply needed to get a magical signal that Ciara remains to be alive, did not he?
In a method, I do not thoughts. For months, viewers have recognized that Ciara is alive, and now she’s apparently being held captive by some weirdo who appears to be like like a reject from Yellowstone.
We now understand how Ciara escaped from Vincent and the way she ended up being held prisoner in an opulent lodge room surrounded by Plexiglass.
We do not know what this man Rhodes is all about, in addition to being tremendous loyal to Vincent and afraid of the results of letting Ciara go… even when it means foregoing sufficient of a ransom to purchase his personal island.
The issue is identical because it’s all the time been, although. Grief is one factor, however not deciding what shirt to put on with out Ciara’s enter is not romantic or wholesome. It is co-dependent, and it makes this couple cringeworthy.
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