This week, Days of our Lives reminded us of how well they used to do young couples when we watched the reunion of Hope and Bo, who first met when she was still a teenager. From day one, we knew this was a One True Pairing. On the June 5 episode, however, viewers were left scratching their heads as to whom we were supposed to be rooting for — or even why.

Original Trio

The first triangle we got was Holly (Ashley Puzemis)/Tate (Leo Howard)/Sophia (Rachel Boyd). Holly was the good girl — how, with Nicole (Arianne Zucker) as a mother, we’ll never know —Sophia was the bad girl, and Tate was the uninteresting boy they both, for some reason, wanted.

But then Sophia got pregnant and went from vixen to victim, and Holly dumped Tate when he didn’t appreciate her support of thief and liar Doug (Peyton Meyer). Are we supposed to be rooting for Tate and Holly? Holly and Doug? And if that’s the case, where does Ari (Marissa Reyes) fit in?

Instant Chemistry

The night Doug and Ari met, they hooked up. And once he got over the fact that he’d slept with a minor, Doug agreed that he’d like to see Ari again. Even if he was a bit weirded out to find out she and Holly were elementary school buddies.

Thursday’s episode suggested a triangle was brewing between Holly, Doug, and Ari. But at the same time, Holly went over to offer Tate condolences over John’s (the late Drake Hogestyn) death. And quickly scurried off when Tate said he and Sophia were off to tour the labor and delivery floor at University Hospital. (Is Tate planning to be in the delivery room? Can anyone imagine Sophia’s mother allowing this?)

Geometry Now

This isn’t a triangle anymore. It’s not even a quad. It’s a… quint? But it’s a quint where we don’t know whom we’re supposed to care about. Holly sure dumped Tate fast. Tate sure seems concerned about Sophia — and their child. Doug sure seems into Ari — and not into Holly’s tutoring.

They’re all cute enough, and the actors are competent enough, but this isn’t a love story yet. It’s a game of musical chairs.