End of Week Commentary

Sorry I haven't been around for so long---soaps have been boring me lately, and I've had alot and nothing to say at the same time. But I've got a couple minutes to kill, so let's go.

Am I wrong for not liking OLTL's Danielle? I find her to be a snobby, entitled brat and I can't stand her. I've got problems with that entire storyline for so many reasons its unreal. Firstly, all of the adults involved--Blair, Todd, Tea and Ross--were out for their own gain and not thinking about Danielle at all. Ross is now dead, Blair and Tea are playing the blame game in Tea's hotel and Todd's skipping around the truth with Starr; for what reason I don't know, she's gonna find out soon enough anyway then he's just gonna have another child mad at him for the fact that he knew Danielle was his and didn't tell Starr when he had the chance. Secondly, they need to be thinking about how to make this better for Danielle. Secondly, Danielle shouldn't be over 10 years old, yet here she is standing toe-to-toe with Destiny about how this is all her fault. Some of the fault lies with Destiny too, her childish jealousy got the best of her and she ratted Dani out to have Matthew to herself.

Seems like poor Nora traded one angry brother for another. For so long, Bo was angry at her for cheating on him long ago or whatever it was she did, I wasn't a viewer at the time. So she fell in love with Clint, then her and Bo rekindled their relationship and he finally forgave her. However, those feelings soon got back to Clint, who is now angry at her and thinks her trash. So while she was with Clint, Bo was angry but now she wants to be back with Bo and Clint wants nothing to do with her. Tsk tsk. I guess you just can't win em all.

Kudos of the day goes to Blair though for not letting Tea push her out when she came to apologize. Despite the dislike bordering on hatred constantly bubbling between the two of them, Blair came through for Tea today and offered her a shoulder to cry on, although it definitely wasn't Tea's shoulder of choice. The irony of this whole thing is that they are both in love with the man who's responsible for ruining both of their lives on several occasions. According to Tea, he doesn't want her, and Blair knows he doesn't want her either. And their entire rivalry is based on their mutual love for Todd and their petty need to get a 'win' over each other, with the main 'prize' being Todd and the loser's consolation being memories of their nights together. I know I shouldn't be on Todd's side here since this is his fault, but I'd love for him to find another woman and take both Tea and Blair off his radar. That would be a riot of hilarity. And quite fun to watch.

I'm not sure when it happened, but Langston and Markko are starting to get on my nerves. I still like them together and all, but it's like they lost their edge. When they came together a couple of years ago, they were misunderstood outcasts. Now Langston's like the town saint and Markko's the good ol' boy who can't afford much of anything so he has to work all the time yet has time to attend a concert and sit around for hours in the back of the Buenos Dias talking to Langston. That's why I'm glad they're bringing that hunky piece of meat Ford back to the picture. I don't know how long he'll be around, but he sizzles with Langston and after that whole Lola fiasco earlier this year (was it really less than a year ago?) that Langston had to watch in disgust then had to watch Markko's parents disown him and call her a tramp because they had sex, I think it's time to make good ol Markko squirm for a change. So let's see what happens there.

Kimmy's trying to sharpen her claws on Clint's post as he tosses Nora out on her ass.........though judging how today's episode ended, he and Nigel may be tossing her and Bo in the Buchanan mausoleum (btw who has a mausoleum on their home property? Creepers) out back instead. It is out back, right? lol I felt rotten for Clint and Jerry verDorn did a damn good job playing Clint as being destroyed by finding out Nora's infidelity. Using Kim for revenge worked beautifully, as Nora flipped out when she thought they were really having an affair. Which made me wonder why she cared and tried to flip it around on Clint, about why he never told her. I thought this marriage was a mistake for at least 3 reasons from the very beginning but I still held out a little hope that Clint and Nora would make it. It was foolish to think they would; I knew that from the beginning as well. But a girl can dream, right? Kim, the opportunistic pole-grinder that she is, is already designing her engagement ring, as she thinks this is going to be her chance to slither in and marry Clint, vulnerable as he is right now. Sad to say, but I think she's going to be at least slightly successful, but what I hope is that somewhere along the way, she ends up, against her will, falling in love with Clint. He deserves happiness, and I don't want another twit coming in to take advantage of him. And it would be too funny to watch Kim having to do all that work and end up failing not because Clint won't buy it, but because she falls in love with him and can't go through with it.

The same won't be said for Stacy, whose plan is about to blow up in her face. It relieves me immensely to know that her time in Llanview is coming to an end. I'm familiar with Crystal Hunt's work from Guiding Light as a younger Lizzie I believe, and she turns in good work even though Stacy is a disgusting character. She does a damn good job of making me despise Stacy. And I'm finally glad to know that she's on her way out, she can take her belly padding and her skanky makeup with her. Nothing more to say about that.

The soap world is mourning its second cancellation in a year, which puts the others on high alert---soaps are rapidly declining and may be in their twilight years. This week we were hit with the blow that sometime next year, another CBS soap, As The World Turns, will be having its final curtain call. I grew up watching this show too, as I did with Guiding Light. The Snyders, the Montgomerys and the irreplacable Lucinda Walsh were as much a part of my childhood as the Spauldings and the Coopers. This is not a hit to just ATWT fans, this is a hit to all soap fans in general but in particular CBS soap fans and puts ABC soap fans on alert---within the past year, CBS has erased half of its daytime lineup. The remaining soaps are Young and the Restless and Bold and the Beautiful, which isn't even an hour long. ABC still has a full day of soaps but for how long? With One Life to Live and All My Children both dodging cancellation rumors several times within the year and AMC's much-discouraged move to LA in January, how long will it be before ABC jumps on the bandwagon and decides to put something else on in those time slots instead? As painful as it is to admit, times are changing. You don't wake up anymore to Bob Barker on Price is Right or eat lunch with Sally Spectra and the B&B crew, and you aren't watching Alan and Philip duke it out on Guiding Light anymore when the kids get in from school. Reality tv and remakes have taken over tv and soaps are slowly but surely being phased out. It's impossible to ignore and unavoidable for the rest of the soaps still clinging on. I'd love to say that soaps will always be around, it never occurred to me 10 years ago that two of the soaps I grew up on would never be here, but here we are and I'm gonna be honest here--more cancellations are definitely on the way. I can see that on the horizon with my eyes closed and my ears stuffed with cotton. Gone are the days where generations bonded over their favorite soaps. Gone are the days where daughters ran home from school to catch the last bit of their soap opera, and gone are the days where you could hear it on radio and see it plastered all over the grocery store newsstands. Thing is, soaps are a thing of yesterday now. I hate it because my soaps are a major part of my television viewing today----tv today kind of disgusts me in a way. So these soaps, these neverending tales of love and betrayal and respect and life and death, steamy love scenes and heartbreaking losses, have a huge place in my heart. They're around for so long, you feel like they're part of your family. They're in your living room every day, growing up with you, making mistakes just like you and then bam! they're gone. It really is like losing a relative or friend and never seeing them again. It hurts deeply to know we're losing another good soap to make way for more bad game show remakes, stupid reality television and other useless programming. You can't replace the classics, guys. Stop trying. As The World Turns has been around for another history-making amount of time, 54 years. The stories, the people and the town of Oakdale are permanent staples in my mind as I think of daytime soaps. We'll miss you ATWT. p.s.------SoapNet, now would be the perfect time for you to get rid of that other stupid programming you've got goin on (all the reality shows--just keep Being Erica lol) and put some reruns of GL and ATWT on as well. Hey, wouldn't it be cool to have our own soap radio and start replaying episodes on there too? Just a thought. See ya!

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OLTL Week in Review

First off, big congrats to OLTL and Susan Haskell for taking home the Emmy this past Sunday! A big welcome to Llanview for Saundra Santiago, who debuted as Carlotta on Thursday I believe. In other news, this week was a little boring.

We were able to find out that the mayor is crooked and has a potential druggie for a son, who Cole just happened to sell the drugs to this week. That let the mayor in on Cole's undercover status, thanks to big-mouthed Dorian and Todd, who both did a very wrong thing for what they mistakenly perceived as being for the right reasons. Dorian overheard Starr telling Todd the truth about what Cole was doing, and immediately ran off to tell the mayor. That's one of the reasons I love and hate Dorian at the same time. She can be such a figure of comfort when you need it, then turn right around and screw you over for her own selfish benefit, like when she allowed the mayor to put a picture of Starr and Hope in the newspaper for Lowell's campaign. Just the day before, she was all 'motherly advice' on Blair, telling her to be a mother and do what's really right for her children, and not even 48 hours later she was exploiting Blair's daughter and grand-daughter for her campaigning efforts. And now, she has just had a hand in endangering the two people she claimed to be protecting.

I think Shaun knows that something is missing between him and Rachel in their relationship, and I think Rachel owes it to herself and to Shaun to be honest with herself and tell him. Since he's waxing poetic and I read spoilers, Shaun may be meeting his maker in the months to come, which is probably going to prompt Rachel's guilt over not treating him right and leave her on the brink of relapse, which Mr. Hotshot Doctor Man Greg will 'miraculously' pull her from. I certainly hope that's not the scenario, but the writers are beginning to paint it that way. I guess we'll see what happens though. As for Rachel and Greg, he seems to be very intent on getting to know Rachel underneath all of the criticisms and zingers she tosses out at everyone. He knows she's fiery and has alot of passion, but somewhere along the way, bottled that all up and instead went for a safe existence: a safe job, a safe relationship, keeping a safe distance from anything that may test her. I don't know how Greg suddenly has all this insight into who Rachel is, but I do think he's right in his assumptions about her. On Friday, we got to see one of the reasons why Rachel decided to leave her true self somewhere beneath the fronts she shows everyone else; she once took someone's life and despite now living clean and sober, I don't think she's found it in her to forgive herself. I didn't like that she took the stand and immediately tried to turn the situation around and say that Greg's entire testimony was about her. So what, all of Greg's prior experience means nothing now because his whole life revolves around her? Whatever, Rach. Just because Greg happened to be spot-on describing you when he was talking about his opinion on why Bo and Nora won't agree to the surgery has nothing to do with it. If the shoe fits, right? She always takes offense to his remarks because I think she knows, somewhere inside of her, that he is right and doesn't like the fact that someone was able to figure her out so easily. At least she admitted it on Friday.

I see some sparks between Ross and Blair, and I think she sees it too, but for obvious reasons she's feeling a little conflicted. He's Tea's not-so-ex husband, and he did once try to kidnap Blair's kids. They're in cramped quarters with no place to go, and if they're both being honest with themselves, still feeling jilted over Todd and Tea being with each other instead of with Blair and Ross, respectively. That almost always in the soap world pushes two people together. But some plotting is on the horizon between these two....and despite the conditions they are acquainted under--this is soap world, anything can happen and besides that, what are Blair's other options, really--I wouldn't mind seeing Blair sniff after someone new whose last name doesn't start with an M.

I gotta say, major kudos to Cris and Layla for being so supportive of Fish. I am enjoying how all three actors have handled this story; at first I wasn't so interested in the Layla-Cris thing because it seemed forced, but slowing it down, removing the unnecessary criticisms and constant mentions of Evangeline and letting them slowly build what appears to be a budding friendship seems to be working better for the characters and the actors playing them. It took a great deal of maturity on Layla's part to avoid getting narcissistic and feeling Fish's being gay had something to do with her and support his heart's decision despite the breaking of her own, and it took a good deal of discretion and loyalty on Cris's part for him not to rub it in Layla's face, let her find out the truth on her own, and not shun Fish when it turned out that his suspicions about Fish were in fact reality.

The trial over Matthew's surgery is starting to take a toll on Matthew and on Friday, tensions finally came to a head. The truth about Rachel's past was revealed, which Matthew didn't like, and the stress of taking his parents to court and trying to maintain a relationship with them despite his resentment and the trial is starting to visibly shake him. Being paralyzed is Matthew's equivalent of hell on earth, which is why he allowed Destiny to convince him to sue his parents, but no matter how angry or resentful he was about it, he has always maintained that he didn't want to hurt them. Now that he sees that he is, and after the ruthless way Tea went after Rachel on Friday, it leaves me to wonder what he's going to do on Tuesday--is he going to regret his decision to fire Tea and decide to stay in the chair to save his relationship with his family? I don't think he saw the trial getting this heated or taking this long, and now that its at a point that he didn't anticipate and therefore cannot control, the need to make things right must be eating at him. Question is, will that need make him sacrifice his desire to walk again?

Suds Up!!
Cris and Layla being supportive of Fish's decision to come out
Todd wearing clothes.....heavens he looks good in them :)
Not seeing alot of Gigi, Rex or Stacy....I love Gigi but I gotta say, I'm glad I didn't see her alot this week
Shaun's conversation with Starr...it was a nice change and I liked seeing Starr being on the giving end of the advice and not talking to just Langston for once
Seeing some sexy Lovett on Friday..its about damn time!
Rachel's meltdown--I was glad to see her being real for once about herself and why she is the way she is today

Popped Bubbles
Todd not listening to Starr's warnings and ratting out Cole, thus putting himself, Starr and Hope in danger
Not seeing alot of David and his 'show'.....I needed my Vick fix this week and didn't get it
Not enough Brody...stop making me wait for days!!
Todd being such a pain in the ass and allowing his dislike for John to overshadow the second warning someone tried to give him

Randomisms:
1)I love my Charlie and Viki! Get more of them on my screen immediately!! 2)Loved the scene with Carlotta where she misread the signals, said she saw the 'signs' and assumed that he was gay! Layla giggling behind him was priceless. 3)Tea is a ruthless bitch. She battered Rachel on the stand without batting an eyelash. Love her! 4)The mayor's an undercover chicken! He's been so frazzled by this re-election campaign; Dorian's doing all his work while he presents a smooth image and takes all the credit. Wonder how true that is for real politicians. 5)I also wonder how real politicians feel about the fact that in movies, on tv or in books most politicians, government officials and authority figures in general are played as being dirty. 6)Does Kassie DePaiva have a sick body or what? I was drinking some serious Haterade when she came out in that bikini this week--alot of chicks my age don't have bodies like that! 7)I read in some spoilers that Marcie will be coming back to Llanview in the upcoming months. Will Kathy Brier be returning to the show, or will Marcie coming back to town with a new look? 8)You do realize that Todd endangering Starr and Hope by not listening to her and going to Lowell is going to start another 'Look what my dad has done to us' jag for her and Cole when all this is over, right?

Moment of the Week: When Nora slapped the hell out of Tea after everything blew up

Character of the Week: (CoW) ---------I don't think there was one this week; nobody stood out in my opinion. Let's try again next week, shall we?

See you back in Llanview on Tuesday!

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GH Week in Review--8/24/09

This week was pretty diverse in who it featured, which is a nice change from the Sonny and Claudia show. Sonny told Claudia that he wanted to stay married, which is still a mystery to me. We all know Sonny has feelings for Olivia, not Claudia. I think on some level Sonny feels something towards Claudia, we've seen that since she came into town. But whether or not all of those feelings are sexually related remains to be seen. They have brief moments where they can sit and talk like two adults, and I like them together. I don't want a repeat of Sonny and Carly, and for some reason, I'd rather see Sonny with Kate than Olivia. Sonny and Claudia understand each other quite well, seem resigned to the fact that this is their life whether they had a choice in the matter or not, and neither of them are too high on love and what it brings. Sonny seems to think he deserves Claudia, and I think Claudia is either in love already or fighting it like hell. If only Michael's shooting wasn't always lingering in the not too far distance, huh? I don't see Sonny and Claudia having this deep love connection right away, but Claudia asked Sonny if he could respect her more.

That reminded me from this line I heard in one of my favorite movies, The Wedding Planner. When Mary (Jennifer Lopez) was talking to her father about marrying Massimo (Justin Chambers), she said that she wanted a marriage like her parents. Her father told her that unbeknowst to her, their marriage was arranged and at first they couldn't stand each other. He was in love with another woman, and she simply didn't like him. Well, the father came down with scarlet fever and was on the brink of death. The mother didn't leave his side until he got better, and that's where my line comes in. He said, "I was very grateful to her, and I grew to respect her. Respect grew to like. And like grew to love. A deeper love than I have ever known." Of course that can't happen here just yet, not with Claudia being responsible for the shooting. But I could see Claudia and Sonny being a dark supercouple someday...I hope. She gets him in a way that no other woman probably ever will, and she makes the best out of it. He understands why she is the way she is and doesn't expect her to be a fragile little egg afraid of anything that goes on in his life. He doesn't have to keep a part of himself away from her because without a doubt, she can handle it. She's someone you'd want next to you in battle, provided you haven't doublecrossed her at one time or another. Claudia is a stand up woman in the sense that she'll stand right there beside you and fight til the end. Sonny needs that. Claudia can be just as cold-blooded as Sonny, but she has a vulnerability that she's more prone to showing, which can leave viewers like me on the fence on how we feel about her. I love her and hate her at the same time. With her finding out that Kristina, not Michael, is responsible for her accident, I sense that I'll be hating her for some time, but there are times where I love Mrs. Zacchara. Speaking of her, it looks like the writers have dropped where Michael starts to remember things from the coma. I wish they'd pick it back up, it would be really interesting if Michael somehow stumbled across the fact that his 'awesome' stepmom almost killed him a year and a half ago, and then find out that she is the reason why Jerry Jacks found them in Mexico a few weeks ago. After all this time and all the shenanigans she pulled to hide it, I think it would be anti-climatic if Claudia just came out and admitted what she's done.

Although I am a Liason fan for life, I can't deny that Sam and Jason definitely still have something going. Underneath all of the things they've done to each other, there is still something there between them and they finally hit the sheets this week. I'm wondering how the hell did Jason have sex on his mind with a bullet in his arm. If I got shot, no matter what guy was in the room, I wouldn't do it.....I'm totally lying. I'd do it anyway. I chose Sam for Monday's LOD because even though they were talking about a car, I think it fit their relationship as well. Sam never being able to have a child, Jason being in love with Elizabeth, Sam being responsible for Jake's kidnapping a couple of years ago--huge issues. But with time, it could work. They still have love for each other, despite it all. It could work. Sam is strong where Liz is fragile, and Liz can't handle Jason's life the way Sam can. I hate it, but Liz isn't exactly a firecracker. She needs some fire under her ass.

Speaking of Liz, while Lucky thinks they're going to reconnect, she's too busy thinking about his brother. Nik and Liz could have something going too, but Liz doesn't want to hurt Lucky and besides that, Nik's too busy going what everyone calls 'Full Out Cassadine' on her. I wasn't watching when Cassadines were a prominent part of Port Charles, but from what I read on soap boards and the bit I've heard from the characters, the Cassadines didn't play around, Cassadine men were hell if they were scorned and Nikolas up until this point had been successful in being the exact opposite. He could embrace the side he got from Laura and turn off the Cassadine side at will, but it seems he's again done the exact opposite in his vow to make Rebecca pay. He's never going to be that way with Elizabeth, but how will he balance his obvious feelings for her against his scorned pride from Rebecca? Nik can be two split personalities at the same time and I have to admit, it's kinda cool. Of course, he's not going to tell Liz what he's doing, but she's not stupid. I think she'll catch on soon enough. How effortlessly the shoe switches. At first, Nik was openly vulnerable but Rebecca was completely closed off, putting on a mask. And now, she is openly vulnerable and Nik is completely closed off. I wonder if eventually his feelings will come back or re-emerge as he gets deeper into all of this. He can hardly keep the disgust and anger off his face; I'm not sure how Rebecca doesn't see it. He just has this calculating aura about him and a double meaning to everything he says. I can see it, why can't Rebecca?

In smaller stories of the week, I am not on board with this Inspector Robin thing that she's got going on with Andrea Floyd. Just not interested. There's nothing more to say about it. I wonder where the writers are going to take Lulu and Dante/Dominic. Talk about conflict of interest from hell once everything is out in the open. He's pretending to be a gangster so he can take down Lulu's good friend Sonny, but the reality of it is that he's really Sonny's long lost son from Sonny's relationship with Olivia, who just happens to be her ex-boyfriend Johnny's girlfriend. I think despite Carly's better judgment, she likes Dominic. She doesn't want Morgan around him in an effort to make sure he doesn't follow in his 'footsteps,' but I think she likes him a bit more than she's comfortable to admit. I didn't see much of Maxie or Spinelli this week, and I was grateful. Not interested in Kate's story either. I'm glad Johnny put an end to trying to convince Claudia to leave Sonny. I understand his frustrations with always telling her the same thing, but I was getting pretty frustrated too. The conversation has been stale, redundant and almost verbatim for months. I'm glad he put a stop to it. Claudia has no interest in leaving Sonny and the sooner Johnny realizes that and backs off, the better....I guess.

Monday's LOD: "It's got a couple of big issues.....but it'll work." --Sam, to Jason
Tuesday's LOD: "If we're not careful, we might start understanding each other." --Sonny, to Claudia
Wednesday's LOD: "Oh, so is 'what happened' the new euphemism for our kiss?" --Nikolas, to Elizabeth
Thursday's LOD: "What's wrong with physical love?" --Maxie, to Spinelli
Friday's LOD: "I'm a professional criminal. If I can't cover my crimes, I'm out of a job." --Sonny, to Alexis

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OLTL Week in Review--week of 8/24/09

This week of OLTL actually wasn't that bad. We found out during the Friday cliffhanger that the elusive Ross Rayburn is living under an assumed name (and not too creative either) of Ross Raymond in Tahiti and is Tea's partner in crime in a whole new way---he's actually her husband. I was reading the weekly Two Scoops over on Soapcentral.com and the author of this week's column mentioned that she liked the way it played out; Ross getting closer to revealing his marriage to Tea at the very same time that Todd was putting it all on the line and proposing to Tea. I have to admit, I liked it too. I like when the writers further intertwine the story and drive the points home when they are told separately within the same scene like that. The more I saw of it, the more I realized that it's been the elephant in the room for awhile. Somehow, I suspect that Tea's marriage to Rayburn isn't her only secret. She seemed too scared of Elijah revealing this to anyone, and I don't see Tea getting spooked over Llanview finding out that she is already married, and not to Todd. If anything, the admission may win her some friends that didn't understand her unashamed propping and championing for Todd. Say what you will about him, but he's been pretty mature about admitting that he's caused alot of people pain. He makes no apologies or excuses for what he did to Marty the second time; he knew it was wrong, has made peace with her animosities towards him, and wants to move past it. Alot of people say that the character of Marty shouldn't let her rape and then kidnapping by Todd the catalyst of what she is about; in my opinion the same could be said for Todd's character. He can't stay in the hole that he created by being a rapist; it goes nowhere. In real life of course, rapists often are not brought into such close contact on a regular basis with their victims, but at the same time not all of them never see their rapist again. I wasn't a big fan of Marty and Todd's time together, but he seemed to have some realizations about his relationship with Tea and raced home to tell her, only to find Teabag packed and ready to jet. Literally. Todd is well aware that he can't change his past, and he is no longer trying to; he is trying to move on with the woman he 'loves,' as much as Todd can really love anyone. I gotta give it to him though, I think he really does feel something similar to love for Tea; he doesn't let his guard down often but he was pretty raw this week.

We saw Langston fighting her attraction to the producer of David's 'show,' which of course had Markko jealous, and with reason. For two years, she's been his freak, no wandering of the eye, no secret attraction to another guy, nothing. And with Lola's pursuit of Markko and her sabotage behind them, Markko is no doubt feeling a bit jealous and threatened by watching his girlfriend with the hot shirtless producer. I felt a little bad when Markko recreated the same thing that Ford had done earlier in the day; when I saw Ford's body I saw a man--a well-cut, rock solid man. But with Markko, I just saw someone who hadn't grown into his body entirely yet. I saw a boy...think about Twilight's Jacob Black before all the muscles and the haircut. I love me some Mr. Rivera, but I'm sorry. There was no comparison there. I just hope this attraction between Lang and Ford isn't allowed to go anywhere--Langston and Markko seem to have one of the strongest, most stable relationships on the show. There's no secrets, cheating or betrayal between them, and its obvious that they're willing to fight it out for each other. Don't let that be ruined by some fast talking, hot as hell reality show producer. That leftover tension by Lang lead to a roll in the hay (literally) and the introduction of a new part of this column I'm calling 'Overblown Bubble'(the name is subject to change; I'm just playing with the name until I find something that fits). This refers to an overused word or phrase that day, or that week. Soap writers are infamous, especially when proving a point or really driving a plot home, of using the same word or phrase and finding a way of working it into almost every conversation. For example, on Thursday, the Overblown Bubble was 'Muy caliente.' I think Markko and Langston said that at least 6 or 7 times. The first and second time I heard it, I thought it was a touch of Spanglish that I could admire; I dabble in it a bit myself. lol But after the fourth time, I was more than a little irritated. So that is where 'Overblown Bubble' originates. Send me your Overblown Bubble thoughts!

In a brief moment of humility on Stacy's part, she finally broke down this week and admitted to Kim that she was tired of lying, and headed over to Rex and Gigi's to tell them the truth. And silly me, I thought the writers were gonna let her go through with it. Silly soap viewer, truth is for dorks!! Kim 'saved the day' by not letting Stacy tell the truth, which lead to her running into a depressed Fish at Rodi's. After some 'grief sex,' Stacy is holding out hope that Fish's little swimmers hit the mark and she can pass this baby off as Rex's. It is amazing to me how narrow-minded and remorseless she is. I can't say I was touched by her little breakdown as I still hate her guts, but it did deceive me for a moment into thinking that she wanted to live her life lie-free and was ready to be honest. There's not much for me to say about this story; I hate it, I think the writers have dragged it on for long enough, and it needs to stop. That's all.

Blair headed off to Tahiti in the unnecessary scenes of the week, to get her dirt on 'that bitch Tea Delgado.' Another overblown bubble. In Tuesday's episode alone, I heard that 8 times before I stopped counting. I think Blair knows that Dorian and Rex are right and she's just using this as an excuse to break Tea and Todd up. TNT is perfectly capable of self-destructing, there's no needed assistance from Blair. Whatever secret Tea is hiding is obviously capable of doing that all by itself. I read in the spoilers that Ross and Blair are going to continue plotting against Tea in the weeks to come---could this lead to a love connection between the two schemers? It's obvious that Tea and Ross didn't marry for love, so she must have been strong-armed into marrying him so that he'd keep the bigger secret to himself, and now that she's trying to start anew with Todd, that secret is going to continue to get larger and larger. I really hope that someday, Blair's life doesn't revolve around anything Todd or Tea related, and that she can find a man who not only loves her despite her faults, but isn't with her to help her stick it to Todd. It's old. It's not high school anymore, Ms. Cramer. Get a life.

Well, the GH marathon is on and I've barely spoken about this soap, so I'll close this one early so that I can review GH. I'll also be doing full coverage and updates on the Daytime Emmy's tonight, so keep a look out! I also have a few new things to introduce in the column, which I will be doing hopefully after the Emmy hulabaloo is over, after the AMC marathon. Don't forget to catch the Emmy's, they'll be on the CW network around 6 or 7 tonight, and I believe SoapNet is doing the preshow this year. Full coverage here tonight!

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Won't You Take Me Down.......to Delusion Town

Yes, ripped from another song. Nope..still not apologizing.

Today's epi was all about crazy women and their delusions. Teabag's delusional simply for thinking that Todd is capable of love in any capacity, with anyone, Blair is delusional for thinking that messing up Todd and Tea's relationship will send him flying back to her, and Stacy's delusional for....need I say more?

Teabag's trying to hit up Tahiti, which happens to be the same place Blair is headed. Too bad Todd interfered in Tea's efforts, Blair and Teabag coulda met up, strapped on their floral sarongs, sipped some mimosas by the beach and discussed their crazy obsession with the fair-haired rapist. It's funny how off and on Tea's emotions are, which just enhances how undercover crazy she is.

In other crazy news, Blair's abandoning her children all for the sake of trying to ruin Todd's relationship with Tea. She says she's doing it to protect them, but that's where her delusions come into play--it's not about the kids at all. She definitely wants to stick it to Tea, but that is partially because Tea admitted she loved Todd and ended up getting the guy, while she got ridiculed for admitting the same thing. She doesn't need to protect them from Tea and she knows it. The kids have no problem for the most part with Tea. And now she's leaving the country to find some guy whose got dirt on Tea??? Seriously, there's no need to go that far. She needs to stop being petty, stop using her children as a cover-up for her own childish motives and grow up. Listen to your aunt, Blair---get your own life and actually be a mom to those kids. With Shaun having one of those things they call a life now, he's not watching the kids, Dorian's got her own job to worry about, Starr's almost grown has her own life to worry about anyway---who's watching your children while you're jet-setting for some dirt?

Across town, Butterfly 7 was starting to have its effect on Sky, who thankfully regained his wits and tossed Stacy out on her pole-grinding ass. This further proves that he's a smarter man than Rex. lol I'm glad the writers didn't allow Stacy to let this scheme come through; its about time the dumber Morasco got hers. It's so irritating that she continues to use the only guy who's been on her side from the beginning, even though he knows exactly who she really is. It further shows that Stacy has no morals or conscience and is too far gone to even understand just how wrong she's being to Sky. Poor Stacy, she's got Blair syndrome. She wants Rex, but she comes in second to Gigi. She drugged Sky and he still didn't want her, she is STILL second...to Gigi. Just like Blair is to Marty with Todd and John.

I think Rex is running from his argument with Gigi, mainly because he knew he was wrong and she called him on it. I think he's tired of being wrong, but he's not ready to change his behavior. I agree that Gigi asking Stacy to have an abortion was pretty rotten, but now Rex is using that to turn the tables and shape her out to be the bad one; I think to take some of the heat off himself. Rex's motives for asking Sky to leave are purely selfish, just like Gigi's motives were purely selfish. How funny that Rex wanted to run away from the argument and left Gigi to argue alone, but he wouldn't let her do the same. It resulted in some pretty hot angry sex though. That's always a positive, right? Well, sorta. We'll see how long the orgasmic euphoria lasts before they're back to fighting again.


LOD
"It's not like I went over there and told him to get an abortion." --Rex, to Gigi
"You were never really number 1.....it was druuuugs. Boop!" --Schuyler, to Stacy
"I don't do gossip." --John, to Fish
"One session and you're a changed man." --Tea, to Todd

Randoms:
1)Remember last week when Stacy said she thought Kyle was an ass man, then the scene cut to Fish and Kyle in the gym? Was that a SERIOUS tongue-in-cheek comment by the writers or what? 2)It was relieving to see Dorian actually being the voice of reason for once. 3)I missed my Vickers fix today. Where is he? 4)What a way for Layla to get the drop on her 'keeper' of a man, huh? 5) Where was Jessica, did she run after 'Nash' into the woods to give him back the elephant and tell him to stop traumatizing Bree?

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Blown Covers--AMC 8/25/09

I guess it's safe to say Amanda blew her own whistle on Operation Baby Drop. The bewilderment in David's eyes as he realized this wasn't a random outburst from a grieving mother was a classic David reaction, and from the spoilers, he's about to let Liza have it as his own suspicions finally bubble over the surface.

I still don't like Marissa. I just can't catch on to her. She keeps asking people to give David the benefit of the doubt. JR of all people is not going to be making any niceties towards David, and Marissa shouldn't expect him to. She shouldn't be expecting JR to give David anything except the finger. I think he needed the hug from Marissa though; he wasn't expecting it. Jake and Amanda are still blaming David for everything, and although I think he deserves a good portion, let's remember the fact that Amanda had sex with David willingly. It takes two to tango, and it takes two to have sex. She deserves some of the blame she brought on herself as well.

I almost believed Annie's testimony....almost....until she started talking about Adam. She is manipulating Adam and I'm pretty sad he can't see that. It's like he's fighting past his prime and the last two women in his life (Annie and Krystal) are making him look like a fool for having faith in them. Adam's a sharp man normally, which is why I no longer understand that not only did he let his guard down so far for someone that he previously wanted nothing to do with because she was crazy, but that he's on her bandwagon so much. I'm no longer a big Ryan fan but I was on his side during his testimony to the judge. Too bad that Adam's got the judge in his pocket. Ryan's testimony got the most genuine reaction I've seen from Annie in months. I am an Annie fan and I hope she recovers, but I do not think she should be allowed around Emma. I don't think she's stable enough and like it or not, her secrets and manipulation have traumatized her daughter, who just wanted her mother around. I think she's still a danger to Emma and shouldn't be given visitation rights just yet. Adam doesn't realize it but paying off that doc is going to bite him in the ass later. Annie still needs help and evading some kind of prison time or psychological evaluations is only going to hinder her recovery; I see her falling off the deep end again sometime. I hope not, but if she gets no help and she's still manipulating everyone, it's only a matter of time. Her threatening phone call to Ryan after the verdict was passed down not only contradicted everything she said to him in there, it showed me that maybe she's not so stable after all. She's just gotten excellent at hiding it.

Liza told Tad about her feelings for Zach, and apparently she's got it bad for the guy. I think Zach's denying it...but I think he's got a little thing for her too. He was pretty eager to find out her name after the hot sex on the gaming table, and all of a sudden he's cold on her. I don't think so. It's making Kendall squirm though; we all know she's insanely jealous. Zach still very much wants to be with Kendall, but not only is his attraction to Legal Beagle Liza getting in the way, he can't bring himself to forgive her. Seems that Zendall is at a maybe permanent impasse. Kendall clobbering Liza at the end of the episode was priceless though. When I saw on the spoilers on SoapNet that Kendall was going to get violent, I was wondering WTF? I thought maybe she would slap Zach once he told her, or just that she'd get violent with him. I had no idea she was going to take it out on Liza. Hilarity. It just took Kendall's jealous meter from 10 to 100, normal to legendary, in 4 seconds. lol One, how did she know Liza was going to be kissing Zach? Second, how did she know when they'd be kissing, or was she planning on revealing herself to Liza anyway? Third, how the hell did she get downstairs and go outside and all the way around the house to clobber Liza? Fourth, if Liza and Zach hadn't been kissing how would she explain herself? "Oh, the prison's right down the street; I found this nightgown in a ditch during the chain gang clean-up this morning and decided to come down for a little visit." LOL @ Kendall. Just LOL.

LOD
"What's so 'there he is' about Zach? Twenty-four hour brooding?" --Tad, to Liza

"Don't hold back, it's open season. Take your shots while you can." --David, to Marissa

Randoms:
1)Marissa's shaping up to be a daddy's girl. I don't like her, but I can get used to David having a stable relationship with someone he doesn't have to manipulate. 2)I'm tired of Marissa saying 'I'm not Babe,' like its something bad. Get over yourself, chick. You're right. You're not Babe. 3)Yes, I'm a Babe groupie. So sue me. 4)From the spoilers, JR is in for a huge health crisis. I hope Marissa will be there for him; he's gonna need it. 5)Still wondering how the writers are going to write out Chrishell Stause's exit story. 6)Kendall being so quick to clobber Liza has me second-thinking that 'killer' tag that Zach has yet to put on her. Hmm......

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Clinty's Got A Gun

Yep, I stole that title straight from Aerosmith and tweaked it to fit my purpose. No, I'm not apologizing for it.

Rex's apology to Sky seemed a bit like a warning for him as well. It was pretty rotten though, he couldn't even look Sky in the face. He doesn't handle feeling threatened by another man too well; now he must know what it was like for Gigi when she had to watch him with Stacy, knowing it was a lie. Tenfold for the Gigster though, since she was feeling threatened by her own kinfolk. Sky's just another man who sees Gigi for what she's really worth and isn't as knuckleheaded as Rex. I gotta say, within the last few months I have fallen really out of favor with that one. Get it together, Rexypants. Get. It. Together. lol

It was too funny watching Matthew try not to laugh at David and then give him the thumbs-up. I wonder if that was an out of character thing on Eddie Alderson and Tuc Watkins, or if the smothered giggling was really in the storyline. In any case, it was entirely too funny. Since David's been back in town, I swear, almost every line in his scenes is LOD (Line of the Day) worthy. Wonder where Nigel went--probably up to his room like the bad boy he is. How dare he be ticklish. ::cue sarcasm::

I find it a bit funny that in real life, Scott Evans is gay and Brent Claywell is straight, but on the show, the straight-acting guy is really gay and the gay-acting one is really straight. They're both doing a pretty good job, but now knowing that Fish is gay, I see the signs a little more clearly.

LOD
Matthew: "What channel is this going to be on?" David: "By the time this is over, we'll have our own channel. All Bukes, all the time. Whaddya say?"

"Has Jessica talked to Dr. Levin about this? I don't wanna end up in the basement again." --Jared, to Brody
"Matthew's been doing the suing here and I've been footing his legal bills..... "Bros til the end." --David and Matthew, to Nora and Bo

"Sorry, lost the connection." ((that should be the phone company's motto lol))

"She almost killed me. It was fantastic! Did you get that on camera?" --David, to Markko

Randoms:
1)How did everyone keep from laughing during the David scenes? 2)I love Schuyler's emoting during his scenes. 3)I need to find a picture of Jessica's face during the scenes with Delphina. Priceless. 4)Still not interested in this buildup to Layla and Cris. Not only are they dragging it out, but it's just boring. I'm more interested in the Oliver-Kyle storyline. Cris and Layla is snoozeville for me. Sorry. 5)Rex is a hypocritical ass. 6)Where's Blair? She hasn't had a heart-to-heart with Starr in a little while. 7)Jessica seems to have inherited Tess' impatience. I still see flashes of Tess flare up a bit in Jessica's eyes from time to time, namely, her entire time with Delphina. lol 8)Rex needs a friend. Schuyler seems a bit, okay, A LOT, smarter than Rex. He could use Sky for his brain sometime. 9)I liked seeing David actually concerned for Matthew's safety with the surgery. It was a refreshing change from the shallow David we usually see, even if the moment only lasted, well, a minute. 10)Mark Lawson's hot. Do you think it would be against FCC rules if they 'accidentally' show him naked for like 9 seconds? That's enough time to take a picture and put it as the picture on my desktop, right? I kid, I promise. But seriously....do you think its against FCC rules if they 'accidentally' let the cameras roll during a clothing change?

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Steamy Kisses, Glued Hands, Bar Punches and Hangovers

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Becky's waking up with a hell of a hangover today, huh? And poor Dante, he wanted some booty but took the chivalrous route and decided not to take advantage of her. I hadn't realized Molly and Nik were related; I usually forget since they never interact with each other. It's good to see older characters interacting with younger ones, and not only so that they can sabotage others or scold the younger ones. Molly and Nik are actually having a conversation, which is a change from the usual route soaps take when putting the younger ones with the older characters. How funny is it that Alexis scolds Molly immediately but thinks Kristina's perfect and is taking the rap for something that her 'perfect daughter' did.

Carly walked in on a heated discussion between Olivia and Dante's partner at the hip new place to be, the Port Chuck Laundr-O-Mat. Clothes have never been so dirty. lol And how much laundry does this guy need, anyway? Everytime I see him he's in either the same outfit or something so similar I have to do a double take just to ensure myself it's not the same outfit. He's forever washing clothes. He must have alot of quarters. Anyway, the partner seemingly covered his tracks, but our Caroline is no fool. She knows Olivia's keeping something from her. Olivia's not a good liar. At all. You know that saying, 'the eyes don't lie?' or 'the eyes speak what the mouth will not?' Olivia needs to have both tattooed on her ass. And scouting new washers and dryers at a rundown laundromat for an upscale hotel is a really rotten cover. Carly may have acted like she let the issue drop, but she's a persistent one. She's not going to completely let it go. Carly's better half, however, knows that Olivia's son, Dante, is the undercover cop in Sonny's organization and that he is Sonny's child as well. I wonder what he's going to do with that information. He is of the same mind as Olivia and most of Port Charles for that matter, in that Sonny's parenting skills need alot of work and he understands the need to protect one's children. On the other hand, I believe Jax is a stand up guy at heart, even if his actions don't display that at times, and I think he'd want any father, even Sonny, to know about his child. I wonder why Dante hasn't shared any time on screen with his cousin Connie. He hasn't even mentioned her, now that I'm thinking about it. Port Chuck is a small town, but not that small.

In comedic ER scenes of the day, Lulu glued her hand to her hair, which prompted Matt to tell her about him gluing his lips together in college. Dante figured it out immediately upon seeing her at the hospital and called her on it. I gotta admit, I kinda like Matt and Lulu together, but it looks like they're going to be testing Dante and Lulu together for the time being. I've made it no secret that I liked Johnny and Lulu together and it pissed me off that they broke up, so I will probably always like them better. This thing with Dante is no Johnny and Lulu, Runaway Love kinda thing, but I could get used to something different. I wonder how Johnny will react to possibly seeing Lulu with someone new. Lulu's had to watch Johnny with Maxie, even before they broke up, and she was a factor in their eventual parting. Then she had to watch him with Olivia, and that's just way too tied in here. Her boyfriend was almost hooking up with her co-worker, now he's moved on to her boss' cousin, who happens to be the manager at her own cousin's hotel. What a tangled web, huh? My point is that Lulu has had to watch Johnny pay her no mind and move on to other women and she's had nobody since then, save for the day or two Luke had her pretending to date Ethan to get Tracy to spill the beans. It will be nice to see the shoe on the other foot; I wonder if seeing Lulu with Dante, especially since he's a supposed fellow mobster, will make Johnny squirm, at least for a little while. It would probably piss her off a little to learn that his mother is Johnny's new girlfriend and her cousin's ex-husband's long-lost son. Again, just a little too connected here.

Johnny made a huge misstep by talking about Olivia's sack skills and got decked for it by Dante. Too funny. It was so unexpected but I had a feeling it was coming at some point; not only does Dante seem protective of his mother anyway, he doesn't like anything Johnny or guys like Johnny stand for. There was bound to be a punch sometime. Add that to the fact that this guy is dating his mother and is the ex-boyfriend of a girl he's beginning to dig on? Johnny's really not racking up the points here, is he? At least Sonny's redemption point is that he's Dante's father and was just as in the dark as Dante was. Of course, this being the soap world and everything, Olivia's going to be the martyr, the protective mother who kept her child from a life of sin and raised him to be the exact opposite of his father, while Sonny's gonna be dodging tomatoes again for being a deadbeat dad and not coming back to Bensonhurst to see if he had a kid layin around anywhere. That's usually the way it goes. Instead of being angry at Olivia, Dante will be mad at Sonny instead. Sigh....I hope it doesn't turn out that way. For once, let's not blame Sonny. He'll make up for us giving him that leeway by messing up again at some point anyway.

Lucky decided to give Elizabeth the martyr role of helping Nik but doesn't realize she'd just shared a really steamy kiss with the Brooding Prince. Btw, how hot was that? Liz says it shouldn't happen again, but the look in her eyes told me that not only would she not be angry if it did happen again, she was probably thinking about the last time it happened when she was saying that it can't happen anymore. The problem is, I don't think they want to stay away from each other, which is why Liz isn't fighting the issue of staying with Nik so much. Some would say that the Maternal One is a rebound or that Nik's using her to blunt the pain that Rebecca caused and I would be more liable to go with the latter option, but a bigger thing is that this is years of attraction and tension finally coming to the surface. Before, someone was always in the way, whether it was Emily, Jason, Nadine, Lucky, or their long-lasting friendship with each other. Let's see how long that's gonna last. Naturally, since Jason's gonna get busy this week, Liz's time is coming too.

Lines of the day:
"You're kinda sweet....in a completely obnoxious kinda way." --Rebecca, to Dante
"I'm not proud of what I did, but it's not like I ran an old lady or a pregnant woman off the road." -Rebecca, to Alexis and Nikolas

Randoms:
1)Where's Becky's biker vibe? 2)Um, where's Maxie? Wait...where's Claudia? 3)Matt needs a woman. 4)I was wondering when the whole Kate blackmail thing was going. Nice to see they've picked it back up. 5)Let's take bets on how long it'll take Jax to tell Carly or Sonny about Dante being Sonny's child.

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Thursday Suds--AMC

I really wish Frankie had put his foot down and stayed adamant that they couldn't keep the baby. Randi is completely ignoring that their marriage needs to be fixed and Frankie's trust is kind of lost in her for keeping North's death a secret from him. Granted, she had a good reason for keeping the secret, but that doesn't change the fact that Frankie's trust is lost. She needs to fix that instead of using the baby as a Band-Aid for their problems. And like Frankie, I think Randi owes Angie an apology for blowing up at her at the hospital the other day. Angie hit the nail on the head with both of them, and both of them acted disrespectfully towards her. I have never fully agreed with how Frankie treats his parents; I think he takes them for granted and lashes out at them whenever he receives the opportunity. All 4 of these adults need to work on regaining trust.

Ryan is beginning to irritate me. I know that he is concerned for Emma's safety, but just because something involves Annie or Adam does not mean it involves him or that it's even his business. He should know by now that trying to interrogate Zach isn't going to get him anywhere. Most of their conversations are so pointless because of that fact. And why is Liza popping up all the time? Zach has made it perfectly obvious that he doesn't really want or need to be around Liza, especially with this thing about Kendall supposedly not wanting to see anyone while she's in prison. So she has no real purpose; an appeal doesn't have to be discussed daily, especially with a husband who is not receptive or encouraging at all of the effort. I understand Kendall's claim that Zach is keeping her prisoner. She knows how important control is to Zach, and he didn't have any control over his life or feelings when she slept with Aidan or Ryan. Now that she is in the house and can't do anything but stay in the room, he has retained control and doesn't have to deal with her if he doesn't want to. Her life is in his hands, and they both know it. She seems to think he is abusing that and giving her a little payback at the same time. He may have saved her from prison bars and given her the opportunity to see her kids when she wants, but now she's in his prison, can't do anything unless he says so, and he holds all the control. I can understand that viewpoint.

It seems Erica and Krystal are not getting along so well as safari roommates. I thought this was going to be Susan Lucci's send-off since she may not be making the leap to LA, but I'm glad its not and they are showing Krystal and Erica's trek to my motherland. :) I hope that they can come out of this at least understanding each other. It's gonna be funny to watch. Erica and Krystal both have their judgments about each other, like Krystal assuming Erica was just another uninformed celebrity using her name for self-profit and to better her image to others, and Erica proved her wrong by calling her a bitch in Swahili. lol Erica assumes that Krystal is just a lowlife bitch, but Krystal sadly has yet to prove her wrong about that. lol She has proved that she understands the children a bit more than Erica thought, though. Wonder how they're gonna handle the scorpion attack on our Kween Krystal.

Where is this going with Annie and Adam and them? lol One week Scott won't make a decision about her, the next he's believing she's not guilty of trying to kill Adam or Stuart, the next he's impulsively kissing her, and the next he's calling her a golddigger. What's going on with this? Some would say he's changing his opinion as he interacts more with her and learns more about her, but I still call it flip-floppy and indecisiveness on the writers' part for not knowing where to take the storyline. They're writing Annie's character into a corner, if they haven't already done so, and now they're trying to figure out how to get her out. They're trying to make us viewers believe that Annie is in control of herself, but we can't figure out anyone's motives or if Annie really is sane again or just doing a damn good job of pretending. I don't like how Annie is using Stuart's murder to get off of her charges by constantly throwing the fact she saved Adam's life that night in everyone's face, so I would like Adam to know that Annie is using him, have him help her get off of the charges, and then make her permanently indebted to him and give her hell. I can't see Annie using a death for selfish benefits, but I dunno. Maybe she's a new woman now that she's back from the crazy train. Scott totally wants her though. haha

Today's line of the day:
"Excuse me, I have a dog to catch." --Jack, to Adam and Annie
"Thou shalt not lie...to me." --Adam, to Scott

Randoms:
1)I wonder if Zach's ever going to ask Liza to assist him in filing official divorce papers. Now that Kendall's 'in jail,' technically they don't need to be married anymore since they only got remarried so that they couldn't testify against each other and since Zach seemingly can't bear to be around her anymore, I wouldn't be surprised if Zach has Liza draw up some quickie divorce papers. It wouldn't be like Kendall could contest it anyway, and knowing Zach doesn't want her anymore is ripping her apart. 2)I want to see Scott and Annie hook up. Am I alone in that? 3)How did Erica and Krystal possibly get to Africa, get settled and already interact with the citizens in two days? Just two days ago Erica had a night on the town with Ryan, which means they would have left yesterday. How'd they already get there by today? Damn time changes. lol 4)I thought Annie's outfit today was cute. 5)I wonder what this new book is that Kendall's writing. Will it be another Charm effort to bring Fusion from the brink? 6)Kendall's heart was bothering her at the end of the episode today. How are they going to handle it when she collapses tomorrow? It's safe to say Jesse is tied up in his own mess at the moment so it's unknown if Zach is going to call Jesse to help, btw his family still has no idea he's working outside of the law there either so I wonder what that's going to do to Jesse and Angie's marriage/family unit once yet another secret comes out. I guess it's a good thing that it's all tied in together. 7)I don't think it's dawned yet on Jesse that he's keeping another secret from his family. There have been so many secrets and evasions and lies that I'm not sure he remembers all of them. lol

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Seances, Stalkers and Blackmail, Oh My! OLTL Midweek Mashup

Not much to say for OLTL's midweek mashup.

Langston's still getting on my nerves a bit. She's asking so many questions. I know she's used to Starr telling her everything, but its obvious Starr doesn't want to talk about it. Let it go. And stop pestering Starr. David's reality show where he's putting everyone's deeds on blast kind of parodies the show in a dry, sarcastic way and I find it pretty funny. Markko's face was priceless when Clint came in the room with the gun. That was a total throwback to Asa and how he probably would have handled Vickers and a camera crew coming into his house uninvited. Poor Nigel; he was hoodwinked, tickled, chastised and thrown aside. lol Guess that's the life of a butler.

I don't like Nora and Bo's attorney very much, but the only good thing that came out of it was that I was able to see a little more into their point of view. Matthew did make an impulsive decision to jump in the car with Cole that night, despite Cole's attempts to make him stay there, and it could be viewed as another impulsive decision to fight his parents about the surgery, despite the life-threatening risks. Matthew's judgment was at fault here and the lawyer brought that to light. I understand more about Nora and Bo's viewpoint now, although I have to admit, I'm still leaning a bit towards Matthew at this point.

Tea is obviously shaken by whatever this attorney has on her, but her poker face is awesome and she's doing a pretty good job of pretending that it's not bothering her.

I thought it was a little funny watching Jessica with Delphina today; she was very obviously skeptical but when the doors blew open, she was quick to call out for Nash. I really wish it was him, but knowing that its not, I wonder where the writers are going with this angle. Recasting the role could be disastrous as Forbes' March's Nash gave him and Jessica/Tess supercouple status and he was very popular in the role. Many fans want him back, so recasting the role may not be possible, especially since the pictures they keep showing are all of Forbes March and not a lookalike.

Today's lines of the day:
"Oh, come on, I gotta take my shirt off now!" --David's response to Clint threatening to kill him
"I gotta go, Clint Buchanan has a gun." --Markko, to Langston

and my personal favorite:
"I'm doing a recession special on seances...so do you wanna call Nash?" --Delphina, to Jessica

Yesterday's line of the day--(just because it was filled with so much angst)
"I quit Gigi. Cold turkey. And I'm not sure I can survive the withdrawal." --Schuyler, to Rachel

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Operation Baby Drop.....Goes Awry. AMC Midweek Mashup

Okay, it's 6:36 my time and I have to give two days' worth of AMC bitchin' before OLTL comes on so bear with me.

I hadn't realized the good part of Jake not giving Liza Amanda's baby. Liza wanted another baby; she saw this as her way of correcting the wrongs she'd made with Colby, and if she'd kept Amanda's baby she would eventually have to give the baby back. At first, I feared that Liza would become obsessed with the baby and not give him back when Amanda inevitably changed her mind. But now that we're finding out that baby Stuart is not baby Hayward after all, it means Jake still did his job of hiding Trevor and gave Liza a gift of her own at the same time. It was a smarter move than I thought.

That's pretty much the only thing I can say is smart about the entire storyline. They can't report the baby missing because technically, they're not supposed to have a baby. But if they don't report the baby, someone will get away with stealing him. Tad, as a parent who not too long ago got his child back, and Amanda, who is supposedly willing to do anything to keep the baby from David, should be smarter than to leave a baby outside and wait for Opal to pick up the baby. God bless Joe's heart, but I wanted to yell at him to shut up and let Opal be. Otherwise, Randi wouldn't have picked up the child and thought it was a glaring sign from God.

I feel for Randi and the loss of her child. I feel sorry for any mother who has suffered a miscarriage. Not to say I don't feel sorry for the fathers too, but as a woman(regardless of the fact I am not a parent myself) I know it feels different for a mother to lose the child she is carrying and can feel inside of her day in and day out. One day it's there and one day it's not. It can be traumatizing, especially for first-time mothers who are just getting used to the newness of it all and in the blink of an eye, it's gone. However, with that loss Randi should know that taking the baby to the police is the best thing. Tad is never going to think to ask Frankie or Randi if they just happened to see a missing baby around, so they're literally going to run circles around each other.

Speaking of the Hubbards, I love Frankie but he's a pighead. He asked Jesse today why Jesse didn't tell him that North tried to rape Randi. Frankie, I realize that was the reason why Randi killed North, but the bigger thing is that North was killed. By Randi. So Jesse couldn't tell Frankie what North did, because then he would have had to tell him everything and Jesse couldn't do that. I know some will say he should have just told Angie, but I see why he didn't. I mean, how do you approach that? There's so many layers to it. I can see now how that conversation would have went down. Angie and Jesse would be sitting down to dinner and coincidentally, Frankie and Randi would have made an impromptu visit. Well of course being the parents they are, Angie and Jesse would have invited them to eat. I can imagine how the conversation would have went down. Randi would have kicked it off. "Oh yeah Frankie and Angie, you remember that DA they found in the ditch, Henry North? I totally killed him. Jesse knows all about it. Tell 'em, pops." And Jesse would chime in with, "Well we all know Randi used to turn tricks. One of the lucky tricks was North. He tried to rape her, so she axed him. I found her and of course we had to hide it, what else to do, right? So we tossed him under a food service cart, put him in a car and pushed that bitch over the edge. His wife, you know, the drunk blonde that keeps stalking Frankie? Well she knows all about it. Our silence is helping her get the insurance money from when North bought the farm. If we tell, she does too. Well, guess that's it in a nutshell. Pass the potatoes, Angela." Oh yeah Frankie, that'll go over REAL well.

I still think Frankie owes his mother an apology for how he unceremoniously tossed her out of his apartment yesterday. I am a huge advocate of respecting your elders and he had no right to talk to Angie that way yesterday, whether he's a grown man and didn't like what she was saying to him or not. I think he was so angry about it because deep down, he'd already figured the same thing and Angie voicing his suspicions only brought what he kind of already knew to the surface. It was too painful to admit he'd come to the same conclusion, so he took his anger and denial out on his mom. Within the last few minutes of the show today, I was able to see Jesse and Angie finally come together. That's when it dawned on me that they've been worlds apart for a long time. It was nice to see them presenting a united front in the face of a crisis, even though that's what tore them apart in the first place.

Moving on, I thought it was cute how Kendall tried to make dinner for her and Zach. I have always loved Kendall's determination, and she is obviously using her confinement to her advantage and using this time with Zach to try and win him back. More on that later. Liza came in and interrupted, and Zach had to smash a glass to get her to leave. I wanted her to leave too. lol Even though she wishes and is probably going to try at some point to get Zach for herself, I think she knows he will always love Kendall more than he could ever love any other woman. That ties right into what I was going to say about Zendall--Zach's love for Kendall is never far from the surface, as a matter of fact it never leaves the surface, but he is still very hurt by her betrayal and I don't expect him to forget it yet. But will he give into his love for Kendall and let that win out is the real question. Zach has lost confidence in Kendall as a person, but I think he's also lost trust and respect for her as well. Twice she's burned him and I think Zach is a full advocate of the 'Burn me once, shame on you, burn me twice, shame on me' concept and he's not letting himself, or her, forget it. He's not mad at himself for trusting her, he's mad at himself for allowing himself to be hurt by someone else, because that means he left himself vulnerable for attack. For someone like Zach Slater, vulnerability isn't in his dictionary. He's always on his guard and poised for whatever comes his way. And he allowed someone in. Gave them power to hurt him. And Kendall used that power to do the very thing Zach feared--she hurt him. And now he's angry at himself for giving someone else the power in the first place. I was so sad for him when he told her last week, "You broke my trust and you broke my heart." It takes alot for Zach to admit he's been hurt by anything; he's an enigma, even to Kendall. But that admission shows us just how much he was affected by her sleeping with Ryan. Sleeping in the sacred Zendall bed with another man seemed to have been the last nail in the coffin, though. Despite his broken heart at Kendall's hands and his claims that she won't get anything else from him but protection, it doesn't erase love and I believe Zach will eventually be willing to give them another try, but because his heart won't give him another choice. He knows that in his lifetime, there will never be another Kendall for him. She's it for him. And he knows it. She does too. Kendall's got her work cut out for her, but I think her confinement can end up being kinda romantic. She gets Zach all to herself for a little while. That is, if people stop conveniently picking times to come pester him and he stops finding reasons to escape the house, and her, which implies to me that staying away from her is harder than he's making it look. As for the others though, with Ryan and Erica in NY and Jesse tied up in his own mess, they should have a little more time. Unfortunately, that's going to get cut short according to promos, when Kendall's heart gives her trouble and she collapses. I wonder how they're going to explain that.

I'm almost an hour behind, so I gotta cut this short so that I can do my OLTL mashup.

Yesterday's lines of the day:
"What will I need this for, in case Krystal bites me?" --Erica, to Joe
"Ryan, I don't even think I own a t-shirt."--Erica, to Ryan

I'll be back later for today's line of the day.

Randoms:
1)Great job opening the show with good ol' Petey!! I was wondering where he was. They need to do something with his character --I don't like him when he's being the geek obsessed with the hot girl. They already have a 'will a geek get the girl' story on GH, and the geek did in fact get the girl. I see the makings of a young Palmer or Adam in young Pete, I think they should run with that and give him the bad boy edge they're trying to give Scott. 2)How cute were Ryan and Erica yesterday? Still not hot on the romance perspective, but it was cute and they were able to show NY in all its glory. I think Erica's trip to NY was just an excuse to get some remote shots of the city before the show moves. 3)Angie looks good with straight hair. 4)Where are they going with this David and Liza angle? 5)Darnell Williams looks good in snug black t-shirts. Steal some shirts from Steve Burton's rack over at GH and give them to him. Keep him in them..or no shirt at all...as much as humanly possible. Storyline related or not, I won't complain.

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Randomisms before Reviews

AMC 8/17/09 --Marissa had me angry at first by actually being mad that JR had the gall to choose little Adam over her. Are you serious right now, Marissa? Really? David has spent the better part of the past year doing almost nothing except trying to get Adam away from JR. So if at any time he mentions that he is willing to stop, any parent would say yes. Get over yourself and be a woman, Marissa. You should have encouraged him to make sure his son was safe at all costs. No relationship is worth that, especially one that hasn't even technically begun yet. But JR got some sage advice from a bitter Scott and decided to go back and fight. I still don't like Marissa but I guess we'll have to see where this thing with JR goes.

I liked seeing Krystal and Erica actually discussing something besides men and catfights. I don't know how this ties into the move to LA that AMC will be making in January, but if both women go on this trip to Africa, I would like to see them emerge from it with at least a grudging respect for each other. Since Krystal got with David, her friendship with Angie kind of fell by the wayside, and Erica's never really had a female friend, excluding her assistant, who I haven't seen in about as long as it's been since I've seen Carmen. By the way, where the hell is she? Did she go wait for Mando to get out of prison? haha Both of them are not too far apart in age, they're more alike than either of them care to admit, they both love Tad and they are uniting for the greater good. Not to mention, they could both use a female friend. From my mouth to Frons' ears.

It was good for me to see Liza displaying some real emotion about her mother. It was long overdue. She has seemed almost emotionless, save for the constant squinty eyes, about almost everything, including Marian's very obvious dislike of Liza's defending Kendall. Yesterday she lost it for a moment and showed some emotion, finally. It seemed at first that nothing was affecting her but it's good to see the facade drop, even if only for a little while. I do find it awful weird though that she can go from losing her composure in the hospital to all pulled together, googly-eyed at Zach at the Chandler mansion not even 12 hours later. Some people can't stand to be vulnerable, I guess. But you don't get over the fear of your mother never coming back to being obsessed with a man that quickly. It just doesn't happen.

Line of the day(because it's a total WTF!! type of quote) "We didn't lose the baby. We misplaced the baby, and we're gonna get him back." --Tad, to Opal

Randoms:
1)Why Tad even agreed to the entire plot is beyond me, it's so stupid. 2) Still not warming to the Invisimommy thing. I'm trying but it's just not working out. So sue me. 3)Not that many randomisms today, I'm realizing. Hmm.....good or bad thing?

I've included the following video and link for your viewing pleasure. After much hunting, I finally found two videos that prove the point I've made in a couple of previous posts. Fast-forward the first video to 5:49 and the second one to 5:29. Play the first one til about 5:55 and the second to about 5:35. You'll see a similarity I don't have to bother explaining. lol Enjoy!!

((btw, I don't own rights or anything to either of these clips.))




http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fv_wCE7QqUM

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Cat and Mouse...and Kate--GH 8/11/09

GH
Maxie has elevated from putting her foot in her mouth; it's now at a steady rate towards her esophagus. And it officially hit her intestines when Kate decided to be opportunistic about the wedding and Maxie decided on September. I think the best thing Maxie could have done was just to sit Spinelli down, tell him to stop trying to badger her with a proposal, and tell him why her view is so low when it comes to marriage. The boy is annoying, but I admired his courage with Mac and for that, he at least deserves honesty from her. I thought it was funny how Robin and Patrick added fuel to the fire, and poor Spinelli fainted dead away. Kate proved that she's no longer Connie from the Block by making Maxie's marriage an event for her stupid magazine, which Maxie practically runs by herself. I don't suspect Maxie saying anything until it's too late, so it will inevitably come out in a dramatic scene and break Spinelli's heart.

I wish Olivia and Kate were closer, I really do. But Kate's an unapologetic snob. It won't change. It was stupid to put Megan Ward on recurring; Kate's storylines have so much potential, even if her fan base as Kate isn't so strong; do something else with her character, stop making us hate her and there won't be a problem. Olivia still resents Connie for basically 'creating' Kate and turning her back on the family, while Kate resents Olivia for making her keep Dante a secret from Sonny, a secret that seems more on the edge of failure than success. More people know Dante's face and have seen him with Olivia. Olivia knows that Dante is unknowingly trying to take down his father, so what is she going to do? Furthermore, how will this impact Dante and his undercover status; I gotta tell you, Sonny is really starting to slip in his older days. Had this been just a few years ago, he would have sniffed Dante out as a copper immediately. He would have checked out what Olivia was doing back in Bensonhurst in the years she was away. But not only is he interacting with his son, who is on his way to taking him down, he has no idea he's a cop and he's got even less of a clue that that's his child. According to spoilers, Carly is going to put things together when she sees him and Morgan again. Taking your own brother hostage and not realizing it......that's gotta be a hell of a pill to swallow. So when Dante inevitably learns Sonny is his father, will he continue doing his job with the same amount of dedication, will it increase (we know his opinion of Sonny can't be too high already), or will it decrease since he knows it's Olivia's fault he doesn't know his father and will try to mend fences?And damnit if Olivia doesn't still have that token.

Kristina was really getting on my nerves today. Michael was telling her the truth about Jerry and she didn't have anything but excuses for why Jerry locked them in the room. It should have been obvious to her that he wasn't concerned for them, despite his seemingly good deeds. It provides proof that book smarts don't equal street smarts. There's a man standing outside your room, Kristina. Nobody knows you're there. You can't escape. He. Is. Trapping. You. Just admit it. You also know you're the one that caused Claudia's accident, but you're letting Michael continue to schlep you around the world because of his guilt. Not a good move. Speaking of K, what's up with Kiefer? Other than the fact that he's obviously on the abusive side of the spectrum, I'm not interested in him as a character. They tried bringing him in with Kristina. They gave him the conflict with Michael. They tried the abuse thing. They tried having him save her when she caused the accident. That's one thing---he claimed to not care about her anymore when he dumped her for that other girl, but then she calls him in trouble and he's right there? Is it a need to control her or something? It makes no sense. Some say that Kiefer caused the accident but it doesn't add up. The character has no depth, no real reason to be there.

Line of the day: "Jaseypoo, are you trying to be clever?" --Jerry, to Jason

The Randomness:
1)Although I like Johnny and Olivia together (not as much as I like him with Lulu but I digress), I think she finds him as an escape from the lies of her past and the storm in the future and he finds her as a breath of fresh air that is also free from lies, or so he thinks. Their relationship is about living in the moment, something they both need. 2)Diane is awesome. That's all. 3) What will happen once Lucky finds out Dante is actually on the right side of the law? I doubt it'll make him like Dante any, but I wonder how this will affect their interactions. Will Lucky try to use Dante's insider position as his way to get info for the PCPD? 4)Funny how Lucky and Ethan teamed up to beat up Dante because they think he's a thug, when actually it's Ethan running scams; Dante's just doing his job of simply appearing as a thug. 5)I liked Maxie's shirt today. 6)I find it funny that Olivia's always offering to feed Johnny when he comes over. She's such a mom. 7)Michael's plan to take down Jerry's guy was kinda funny. The guy could easily overpower him in 8 seconds. I wanted to shake Kristina for just standing there. 8)What a funny comparison--at the same time that Jason was fighting Jerry, Michael (Jason Jr.) was strongarming Jerry's cronie. Coincidence? I think not. 9)What happened to the friendship between Alexis, Kate and Diane? Kate may be a bitch, but I think she still needs a good female friend. 10)Speaking of Kate, what happened to that other editor stealing her stories for Couture?

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Oh, David!! --OLTL

OLTL
Am I the only one who finds the Blair/Todd/Tea triangle a bit stupid? Anyone with half a brain knows that Todd and Blair will find their way back to each other at some point; I think Blair needs a man that's not already a resident of Llanview so that she can move on and stop her obsession with Todd's life. It absolutely eats at her that Tea, her worst enemy, admits the same thing and gets the guy, while she admits the same thing, and not only does not get the guy, but she has to watch them cavorting under her roof, at Dorian's suggestion, no less. For a petty woman like Blair, that's hell on earth. Rex obviously sees a little bit of Stacy in Blair's act, and I thought it was kinda funny when he called it on her and she hit the roof. The only reason she got mad in my opinion is because Rex hit the nail on the head and she wasn't ready to admit she was being petty, both to others and to herself. Rex seems less willing to help wreck others for selfish gains due to his stuff with Stacy, and I realized he has emerged from this slightly more mature....when the need calls for it, like with his conversation with Blair today. It was a more mature Rex who was thinking about the real reason Blair called on him to help, but since Blair's only asking him to dig up dirt, I don't think it would be bad for him to take the case.

I think it was a mature thing for Tea and Todd to finally talk about how they like where the relationship is going without just living in the moment and having sex. One thing I have noticed about Todd since the thing with Marty is that he's more open with his feelings and able to admit to these feelings instead of playing coy and letting the woman put herself on the line. While that's fine and dandy, how are we supposed to just put his unpunished past aside and accept this new Casanova vibe he's got going on? I'm not saying he should be exiled or anything; he should go on with his life, but I also think that it should be a little hard for him; he can't just go back to regular life after another almost rape conviction...on the same victim. The only one who hasn't seemed to forget is Marty, with reason. Tea only remembers the parts that hurt her personally, the 'rape' not being one of them. Personally I don't think this last instance with Marty was rape in a way. Because she had amnesia and therefore did not remember Todd was her rapist from back in college, I agree. But despite the amnesia and her lack of remembering, she was still of sound mind when she agreed to sleep with him. I dunno. I know for sure the first time was rape. This second time I would say it was more like fraud. lol I dunno. I wonder what this Elijah Clarke has on Teabag, I think there's a little Tea Tot lurking somewhere. She has seemed to visibly age and pale with this new attorney in town. I think she knows he's not bluffing.

I was dismayed to see Langston and Markko arguing today. I was slightly annoyed by the fact that Langston got mad at Markko for bailing on their date when she should know exactly why he's busting his ass off in the first place. I don't want Markko's parents disowning him to end up breaking up him and Langston; in a city full of backstabbing I find it refreshing that these two have been mature and responsible in their relationship with each other. It's stable and obviously about love, no secrets or anything involved. So I know the writers are probably giving them some problems due to Markko's situation and to be honest problems are to be expected in a situation like this, but I hope they can be strong enough not to let it tear them apart. Langston's biggest fear seems to be losing Markko or having him resent her over time and then breaking up with her. Markko's got a lot on his plate right now; this is the time for Langston to be there as much as she can.

Eddie Alderson has really come into his own over the past year and a half or so. He's getting bigger storylines and he can handle them. He's got good range and the writers are allowing him to use it. It's a little underhanded of Matthew to threaten Bo and Nora with blackmail in order to get his way, but 1)he's a child; 2)it was very obviously the move of a desperate boy. I think both sides are making the mistake of not listening to each other; moreso Bo and Nora not listening to Matthew. Someone can tell you what it's like to walk in their shoes, but you never truly know what it's like until you actually put the shoes on and take the walk yourself. Bo and Nora have every right to be concerned; their son is already in a wheelchair and like any loving parents, they don't want to lose their son on the operating table. But he wants his life back and that's not a crime. Someone is offering to open the window for him since the door was closed on him being able to walk, but Bo and Nora are trying their hardest to shut it.

And the big elephant in the room--David Vickers is back. Again. And now he's using his former hometown as the basis for his newest reality show. Dorian made the mistake of thinking he really wanted to hear about her problems, when he was really using her as a prop to get information on what's been happening in Llanview since his last visit. Dorian's reaction to finding the camera crew behind the bushes was hilarious. Robin Strasser has the irritating 'dame of the mansion' shrill down pat and that's funny too. For some reason though, I still can't get the Grey Gardens thing out of my head. lol I've realized that David really doesn't have a soul, any depth; but for him the one-dimensional thing works. When he does find something he likes or that gives him money and fame, he throws himself completely into it. It's usually a scam, but you gotta admire the guy's dedication. :)

Line of the day: "I engage in only wholesome activities." --Todd, to Tea

The Randomness:
1)Dorian unconsciously listening to the cameraguy and turning to smile before she realized what was going on was pretty funny. 2)Blair's outfit was adorable; I want the whole thing! Very light and summery. 3)I noticed there weren't anymore streaks in Langston's hair, but I like the new color. 4)I recognize Bo and Nora's attorney; he used to play Terry McDermott on AMC. 5)I think Greg is going to make the move in on Rachel before the summer is out. 6)Does anyone know how long Florencia Lozano is staying with the show? 7)Todd and Tea's game of 'uncle' seemed alot like their view of roleplay. It was kinda sexy. lol 8) I don't think Rex owed Blair an apology at all, but her pride was messed up when Rex guessed exactly what she was doing, and since she's still in denial, she thought the apology would help. Um, ok Blair....9)I like the relationship between Destiny and Shawn. It's a good thing to have; I'd like to see more of it. 10)I purposely chose that for the line of the day. It could start its own post with just how tongue-in-cheek it was. I don't agree with how glib the writers chose to be when he delivered that lin, but it fits in with Todd's dry humor.

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Tuning in on Tuesday

AMC
I liked the conversation between David and Scott today. It gave me more insight into who David is really at the core of his soul, and I like how Scott seemed to be drinking it up. I wonder if this is signaling a character shift in the future. I was able to see that David is conscious of his decisions, but it goes against the grain of his character to acknowledge and feed into the regrets that he doesn't allow himself to feel. He doesn't allow himself to feel because even though it will motivate him to change, it won't change the fact that he already knows, and always does, revert back to form. Basically, he said if you become a badass, a cheetah can't change its spots and that will be who you are. He didn't glamorize his behavior to Scott, he gave both sides. I wonder how Scott is going to use that to grab the girl. Annie's and David's advice and one boy who's falling fast so he'll listen to anything? This could spell trouble. Now me personally, I'd sooner contact OLTL's Madame Delphina before I take advice from ANY Pine Valley resident. They can't even control their own lives; I don't want their wonky decisions anywhere near mine.

I've realized the statement "You can't do anything" doesn't register in Erica's vocabulary. While that works sometimes because I know that Erica's determination gets her places, on the other hand it just makes her look and sound like she's meddling. What Annie and Adam do is none of her business. She has no room to meddle in a relationship that has nothing even remotely to do with her. Zach and Kendall, I can sort of understand her desire to interfere. However, Kendall is still Zach's wife, is a grown woman capable of making her own decisions, and has her own family to be concerned with. Erica has to learn her place.....anyway, why am I feeling cold from this Erica/Ryan pairing the writers are obviously going to make us endure? It just does nothing for me. I liked it better when she was with Adam or trying to rekindle her relationship with Jackie Boy, who seems to have gotten some off-screen advice from David on how to be a badass and resist Erica's so-called drugging charms. How funny is it that Erica wanted Ryan to stay away from Kendall and is now starting to fall for him herself just a few months later.

You know, I'm beginning to think maybe Adam shot Stuart. Annie seems so intent on Emma not telling anyone what she saw that night and after Adam's flashback it's obvious he saw Stuart being mistaken for him and shot; we saw Adam's reaction when Aidan and Annie told him Stuart was dead and it was nothing like the flashback we just saw. What I am thinking is that Adam mistook Stuart for someone else in the night and shot at him to protect himself, which Annie and Emma saw. Emma can't tell anyone that Adam really did it because if she does, then Adam (Annie's latest life preserver) will go to prison and she won't have a chance in hell of getting Emma back. I like this new sass about Annie, but I don't like the 'belle of the manor' attitude she's got going on. It doesn't match who I have always believed Annie to be. The only time she had a sense of entitlement was with Ryan and for all logical purposes, because of the hell he put her through, I'm inclined to agree slightly. But the way she was treating the staff (Lacretia obviously doesn't like her at all lol) and the whole bell thing? Really doesn't seem like Annie to me. I'm glad the writers did away with Annie's crazy killer thoughts when someone gets her goat. It was getting irritating playing the 'is or isn't she' more than I already do. I do like her with Scott though; her new fiestier attitude and her returned sanity would match perfectly with Scott's new spontaneity.

Of all the stunts and excuses Zach had over the years, this Invismommy thing he's got going on so that Kendall can see the boys is excessively stupid. I find it hard to believe that he masterminded her entire escape and foiled prison stunt but can't come up with a better excuse than that seeing Kendall for the next 15 years or so is just a figment of Ian and Spike's imaginations. That excuse may work when the boys are this young because children cope with potentially traumatizing situations, such as losing a parent, in different ways. For example, when my grandmother died when I was 4, I had a slightly morbid obsession with it for some time afterwards. Not only did I become obsessed and terrified with it, but for awhile afterward whenever I played dolls or played anything for that matter, someone died. All my dolls eventually died. If I was playing with someone else, one of us died. It sounds morbid, but that was my mind's way of dealing with my grandma's death. So the concept that maybe one child sees his mother when she's supposed to be in jail is believable, at around Spike's age. However, if I were Ryan or Erica and heard that my 13 year old grandson or son was still seeing his incarcerated mother and spoke to her, I would either think that something was up or that he needs psychological evaluation. And so would anyone else who really cares about those children. Ryan's become the junior detective, he for sure would feel that something was up, especially after Emma's recently alarming behaviors. North saw Emma's behavior as well and seems to be along the same pattern as Ryan that maybe Emma could turn out like Annie. That knowledge should have Ryan's guard up about the situations his children are going through and how it is affecting them mentally. The Invisimommy concept was an elementary excuse on Zach's part though. He's so intent on proving Annie's guilt that he's starting to slip a little himself. I don't think Zach identifies much as a person unless he's helping someone, usually Kendall, out of a jam. That's all he seems to be doing. His motives are selfish, but he's still unwaveringly loyal and despite his blinding God complex, that loyalty is commendable. I find it disgusting how Jesse was roped into this life of living outside the law though; wasn't it him a year ago who was saying that the law and being a cop was his life? And now he's willing to break it---for Zach and Kendall, who have made up almost his entire list of cases since he was sworn in as chief? I don't get it. I wasn't around for the original run of Jesse and Angie but I can't help but feel that after all the history brought into their welcome back story that they are destroying Jesse's character. Ugh.

Randoms:

Line of the day: "Let's see how crazy I am today, shall we?" --Annie, to her doctor

1)Didn't Alicia Minshew's little belly look cute today? Usually they shoot her from the chest up but you could see it in its tiny glory today...she's gonna look so adorable. 2)AMC's move to January worries me more and more everyday. I see the potential for several storylines going long-term, but what if the actors aren't willing to move to LA to continue with the soap? 3)Speaking of the move, it makes me angrier that they killed off Babe. Both Alexa Havins and Amanda Baker are out West now....it would be perfect to bring Babe back, especially with her sister on the show. 4)Why does Marissa's constant voice of reason and ne'er do bad attitude annoy me so much? I have said before that the soap world is missing more good girls; it seems that all writers think that we viewers only want bad girls ruling the screen. So not true--look at OLTL's Viki!! So why Marissa bugs me so much is still an enigma to me.

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