IN OUR OPINION

May 13, 2008

DAYS's Chelsea and Daniel (Rachel Melvin and Shawn Christian)

— PAUL SKIPPER/JPI

From Mala Bhatttacharjee
Alright, I have to say it. I have to get it off my chest. WHAT is up with Daniel and Chelsea on DAYS OF OUR LIVES? I seriously don't get it. Sure, the older guy-nymphet thing has been going on since long before Vladimir Nabokov published Lolita, and I'm certainly not averse to seeing it play out on soaps (I loved Dusty and Lucy and I adore Y&R's Lily and Cane), but this is one of those cases where I'm mystified. Chelsea has a perfectly good boyfriend in Nick. They're a refreshing, rootworthy, young couple. Daniel has any number of available women closer to his own age range to choose from: Kate, Nicole, Chloe... heck, he could even have an affair with Lexie because, at this point, who hasn't? So why are Chelsea and Daniel confronting each other in steam rooms all sweaty and passionate? Come on, the very fact that you have to lock them in a sauna to generate steam is a tip-off, isn't it?

Shawn Christian and Rachel Melvin are two attractive, talented actors, but together, they just feel forced. And, frankly, what with him being the doctor who presided over her and Bo's transplant operation and all, it's less McDreamy and more McSkeevy. I know there's a "first do no harm" in the Hippocratic Oath, but isn't there a "second, do no patients," too? Daniel and Chelsea are no Denny and Izzie!

Reader Comments

Posted Mon Jul 7, 2008, 10:19 PM — By Erin

I think Daniel and Chelsea have Amazing chemistry and are Fantastic together. I wish everyone who watches the show would get OFF the "Age thing"!!!!!

Posted Sun Oct26, 2008, 3:25 PM — By bfa
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