Jay as Philip

[pags60]

Jay has been so good lately, and I am so impressed with how he is playing Philip. Philip is becoming a more powerful businessman and Jay has captured the essence of those characteristics so well. His interactions with all of the other characters is also fantastic... I am thoroughly enjoying Philip's scenes with John as they go head to head in the DiMera/Kiriakis power stuggle.... Philip and Victor arguing over Chloe and Nicole and how Philip stands up to him ....Philip plotting with Nicole and how he manages to get her to do his bidding ...... Philip and how protective he is of Chloe even though she's repeatedly lied to him... allowing Jay to show Philip's heart and gentle side.... and finally the sparks that seem to be lighting up between Philip and Morgan.... I am liking how Jay is interacting with Kristen .... there is potential for an interesting story for the two of them.... Jay is just terrific in portraying all the layers and shadings of the complex character of Philip.... and Jay has such chemistry with whoever he is playing opposite.... Jay just gets better and better with each episode and brings so much to his portrayal of Philip.... I am glad TPTB are finally recognizing what a commodity they have in Jay and are FINALLY giving him a story worthy of his talent... KUDOS to you Jay.... keep up the good work....

pags

[Steve]

Good post, Pags - I totally agree. Jay's been at the top of his game for several months, and he never misses. He brings so many different moods and emotions to each scene, continually bringing Philip to vibrant, aggressive, caring, ruthless, trusting, cynical, loyal, conniving, vulnerable, playful, serious life each and ever time he's on screen.

Jay does have great chemistry with everyone he plays opposite - John, Lauren, Nadia, Martha, Julie, Olivia/Ava, etc. The list continues to grow. I esp. enjoyed today's scenes between Jay and Kristen Renton. Can Morgan stand up to Philip or what? (And - does Philip have any choice but to stand - after being pinned to the dart board? LOL!)

My only complaint - and it's a major one - re the way Jay's role is playing out - - NONE of the many directions they seem to be taking Philip are moving forward. I agree, they are finally giving Jay a story - but when is it going to take off? TPTB do seem to be fleshing Philip out, in many directions. But all are still waiting at the starting gate. So much potential - yet no delivery, yet, in terms of placing Jay front and center. For instance, Philip seems to be merely a background player in the John Black Story. When is that story really going to start taking off for Jay?

Jay's presence on Days is back to being hit or miss - he's on, but only occasionally. His character can't be built up without being on more than two days a week, a few minutes a show . . . I keep thinking, things are changing . . .

[sugafree]

There is a spoiler I read (I don't know how to post them on here) that demonstrates how far Philip is willing to go in the Kiriakis/DiMera feud. I guess he kinda gets some useful information. I think it'll be interesting to see what he does with it and where the writers are going with this storyline.

[Steve]

I think I've heard of the spoiler you may be referring to. That will be interesting, if it plays out as I've read it myself.

Re posting a spoiler - that's a good question. Let me get back to you on that.

[Steve]

Re spoilers - when creating a post that will contain spoilers, the poster can type 'Spoilers Included' in the subject heading. That will alert people re content.

If a member posts a spoiler in an existing thread, indicate in that post that a spoiler is to follow. Then, you can PM me, and I'll edit the thread's subject heading, to add 'Spoiler Included.'

Thanks.

[sugafree]

Cool! Thank you.

[phloeishot]

Personally I love spoilers!!! And I love Jay as Philip; he is the ONLY Philip to me. I think he has a lot of interesting storylines coming up and I'm interested to see how they all play out. I'm loving the DiMera vs Kiriakis war.

[iheartjkj]

Hey, it's my first time posting! I agree with everything you guys have said. Jay is an outstanding actor, capable of playing anything that's in the scripts. It's so disappointing though how little screen time he had last week. I don't think Philip will ever stop getting the short end of the straw. I was so excited about the John vs. Kiriakis storyline... but now, I decided to lower my expectations.

You know, I like how Hogan wrote Philip around the end of 2007. Now, he isn't the same. I mean, they give him the occational line (like when Nicole told him she likes games because she always wins, and Philip said he wins too. Or when he told John, "don't say I never gave you the chance to settle this peasefully") to indicate that he is the same ruthless person, but we haven't see it... well maybe todays episode is a good sign. He got his hands on that disc.

Anyway, sorry if i'm not making any sence. I just needed to rant. I am looking forward to the phloe scenes, Jay and Nadia have amazing chemistry.

[Mindy]

Welcome to the board iheartjkj! Loved your post and it made perfect sense! Thanks for joining and have fun posting.

[Steve]

Welcome to JKJ-NOW, iheartjkj. I thoroughly enjoyed your post - btw, as Mindy states, it made perfect sense. I keep hoping TPTB will give Jay a front burner story his talent deserves. Thus far, I've seen false starts. I guess we'll just have to wait and hope - and enjoy the outstanding work he continues to do, each and every episode.

[iheartjkj]

Thanks Mindy and Steve!

[sindacco]

Jay and John Aniston did an amazing job with their scenes Friday May 16. I think those scenes are my favorite with Jay since he came back in January 2007.

[monicahall]

I just want to say that Jay is the main reason that I love Days Of Our Lives. He's hot especially when they make him dress up in his USMC uniform! I married a marine due to my obbsession with the character,Philip Kiriakis. I love to pretend to be Belle and I sometimes ask him to pretend to be Philip. He doesn't mind. I got my husband to watch Days and now he's addicted to watching it.