I didn't notice until I just now as I typed the date for Tuesday that it was 1/1/11. How ... binary! That won't be as cool as November 11, which will be 11/11/11, but it still is a nice change of pace from the average date.
If Colby finds out by accident that Damon and her mother had sex, how will that come about? Damon's been Liza's shadow for several months now, so it would not necessarily be a red flag to find any of his clothes or personal effects at her place. The only way I can see anything left behind that Colby could connect with that scenario (aside from the exceptionally guilty demeanor of Liza, not to mention a possible pregnancy) is if she found something REALLY personal under the coffee table, like, say, a nipple ring that she gave him. Of course, even that could possibly be explained away. Maybe it would have to be some other sort of "personal" jewelry.
Tad said that Colby is almost ready to graduate from college. Hasn't she only been going to college for one year, two max?
Robin "she's not exactly the brightest bulb in the pack, either" Coutellier
Showing posts with label Family-Betrayal. Show all posts
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Wednesday, January 12, 2011
BC - Fri, 1/7/11
If the doctor is worried about Kendall's blood pressure, why did Ryan and Greenlee bring Kendall sodium-laden Chinese food?
Why was Scott in the visitation room? He just wanders up to Madison and starts talking to her after her father refuses to see her. And why would Madison get as far as being IN the visitation room if the inmate won't see her -- doesn't that have to be cleared ahead of time? And why aren't there any other prisoners at Statesville in the same room with Scott? And why are all my sentences starting with the word "And"? It's not unusual for me, but I don't usually string them all in the same paragraph.
Oh, Liza, NO! Yeah, she's feeling very isolated and probably horny as hell, but her daughter's heartbroken boyfriend? It's not quite the same as when Marian was seducing Tad (who was Liza's first love and lover), toying with him, and paying him with money and gifts, but the ick factor is still WAY up there.
Why hasn't anyone beaten the crap out of Madison's father on a daily basis if he's talking to all the other inmates like they are worthless and beneath him? That is one pristine, well-ordered, well-behaved, gangless prison.
Wait a minute -- why would Zach's lawyer talk to RYAN about Zach's will and give Kendall's legal papers to him? WTF? The lawyer knows where Kendall is. I really hate the complete disregard for legal privacy and the way the men on the show treat women like children.
When Madison said she might find some guy to pretend he's the baby's father (semi-joking to get Greenlee off her back), how many of you immediately wondered if Tom Cudahey was available? My next thought, just looking at Greenlee's face as she pondered that, was that Scott will, of course, do exactly that, possibly because Greenlee will bribe him with a job or money when he gets out. And looky here, by the end of the episode, where is Greenlee? At the prison offering Scott a job and a beautiful blond.
Robin "you'd think they would at least stretch it out past the same episode" Coutellier
Why was Scott in the visitation room? He just wanders up to Madison and starts talking to her after her father refuses to see her. And why would Madison get as far as being IN the visitation room if the inmate won't see her -- doesn't that have to be cleared ahead of time? And why aren't there any other prisoners at Statesville in the same room with Scott? And why are all my sentences starting with the word "And"? It's not unusual for me, but I don't usually string them all in the same paragraph.
Oh, Liza, NO! Yeah, she's feeling very isolated and probably horny as hell, but her daughter's heartbroken boyfriend? It's not quite the same as when Marian was seducing Tad (who was Liza's first love and lover), toying with him, and paying him with money and gifts, but the ick factor is still WAY up there.
Why hasn't anyone beaten the crap out of Madison's father on a daily basis if he's talking to all the other inmates like they are worthless and beneath him? That is one pristine, well-ordered, well-behaved, gangless prison.
Wait a minute -- why would Zach's lawyer talk to RYAN about Zach's will and give Kendall's legal papers to him? WTF? The lawyer knows where Kendall is. I really hate the complete disregard for legal privacy and the way the men on the show treat women like children.
When Madison said she might find some guy to pretend he's the baby's father (semi-joking to get Greenlee off her back), how many of you immediately wondered if Tom Cudahey was available? My next thought, just looking at Greenlee's face as she pondered that, was that Scott will, of course, do exactly that, possibly because Greenlee will bribe him with a job or money when he gets out. And looky here, by the end of the episode, where is Greenlee? At the prison offering Scott a job and a beautiful blond.
Robin "you'd think they would at least stretch it out past the same episode" Coutellier
Thursday, August 12, 2010
BC - Wed, 8/11/10
We all know that David has a marked inability to feel love in any healthy kind of way. Watching him now just makes my skin crawl. Seeing how Greenlee goes along with him, for the most part, for HER really puts a punctuation mark on it. She's acting like a captive who is trying to placate her captor in order to buy time, no matter HOW crazy he is or how ridiculous his expectations of her feelings are. She's also being somewhat robotic. It reminds me of cases where someone gets obsessed with someone and thinks their every move or word or eye movement is a secret message that is SHARED between them. If that delusion is threatened, the obsessive person will resort to violence in order to maintain it at all costs.
David's not doing this to be mean (that we know of). He really seems to be doing it because he thinks he loves her and wants her to love him back at least as far as she did before he dropped the bomb on her. If she won't do it willingly, he'll MAKE her do it and she'll thank him for it later. This is NOT going to end well for David. I don't know if he'll be murdered (and then DI comes back as an identical relative), have a brain disorder, or be sent to Oakhaven for a while, but they CANNOT redeem him from this without something major. Female fans will NOT stand for it unless he pays and pays BIG. Domestic psychological abuse is something that a significant number of us have had to deal with and we
The writers might do well to keep that in mind.
So eBabe and Scott had grief sex (over the demise of their relationships).
Robin "NOW eBabe will find out she is pregnant" Coutellier
David's not doing this to be mean (that we know of). He really seems to be doing it because he thinks he loves her and wants her to love him back at least as far as she did before he dropped the bomb on her. If she won't do it willingly, he'll MAKE her do it and she'll thank him for it later. This is NOT going to end well for David. I don't know if he'll be murdered (and then DI comes back as an identical relative), have a brain disorder, or be sent to Oakhaven for a while, but they CANNOT redeem him from this without something major. Female fans will NOT stand for it unless he pays and pays BIG. Domestic psychological abuse is something that a significant number of us have had to deal with and we
REALLY.
DON'T.
LIKE.
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DON'T.
LIKE.
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The writers might do well to keep that in mind.
So eBabe and Scott had grief sex (over the demise of their relationships).
Robin "NOW eBabe will find out she is pregnant" Coutellier
Thursday, April 30, 2009
BC - Mon, 4/27/09
Yeah, I'm REALLY late on the Boogies. I've had a tough, busy week, but I'm just now starting to watch Monday's show, so here it is.
Colby asks Adam if he ever loved Liza, and he explained that they were probably too much alike and there's not enough room for TWO alpha wolves in the same den, among other things. Then he kindly says: "Why are you asking about this now?" Was I the only one who automatically added one or more of the punchlines to the old Indian joke about naming children? There are different versions, but the gist of the joke is that a child asks how they got their name. The father tells them that either they were named after whatever was happening when they were conceived or by the first thing the father saw when he ran out of the tent upon their birth. The punchlines that *I* know of are a) "But why do you ask, Broken Rubber?", and b) "But why do you ask, Two Dogs F**king?" :-) So I'm trying to think of Colby's Indian name. "But why do you ask, Sperm Switch?" Or perhaps: "But why do you ask, Massive Flooding And Washed Out Bridges?" Of course, there's always the old (true) tradition by changing the name to their current personality or accomplishments: "But why do you ask, Hopelessly Bad Actor?"
Annie's, Ryan's homicidal, kidnapping ex-wife, on the loose. Ryan is VERY much on edge. The doorbell rings and Ryan just walks over and yanks open the door. Idiot. It's just someone delivering a package, but you'd think he wouldn't even ACCEPT a package at this stage. God knows what Annie might think to have delivered to him. She could send him a fresh human heart as a Valentine. Then he reads the return address:
I kid you NOT. BWAHAHAHAHAAAA! I think I laughed for a good 30 seconds over THAT one! Wait a minute. It's from Alexander Cambias. I thought he was captured in Las Vegas, not Pennsylvania. Am I missing something. They DID ping-pong back and forth. I wonder if that's the actual name of the Institute (misspelling and all) or if that was AC's joke.
I thought AC was catatonic and b) he was CHOOSING not to talk, because if he did it would show that he was faking. It wasn't that he COULDN'T talk, it was that he WOULDN'T talk.
And they show AC sitting in a cell somewhere grinning. The walls of that cell are plastered with front pages of the PV Bulletin listing the exploits of the Satin Slayer. Yeah, like the Eastern Pennsylvania Institue (sic) of the Criminally Insane would allow THAT. Then again, look at what they named their Institue.
Bianca emotes about how UTTERLY sorry she was that she decided to have a baby with Zach and brought Reese to PV and look at what happened! Kendall tells her she couldn't have predicted what happened. Uh, yeah, she COULD have predicted it -- at least the part about breaking up a marriage and royally pissing off her sister!
Robin "but why do you ask, Back Stabbing Sister-Betraying Bitch?" Coutellier
Colby asks Adam if he ever loved Liza, and he explained that they were probably too much alike and there's not enough room for TWO alpha wolves in the same den, among other things. Then he kindly says: "Why are you asking about this now?" Was I the only one who automatically added one or more of the punchlines to the old Indian joke about naming children? There are different versions, but the gist of the joke is that a child asks how they got their name. The father tells them that either they were named after whatever was happening when they were conceived or by the first thing the father saw when he ran out of the tent upon their birth. The punchlines that *I* know of are a) "But why do you ask, Broken Rubber?", and b) "But why do you ask, Two Dogs F**king?" :-) So I'm trying to think of Colby's Indian name. "But why do you ask, Sperm Switch?" Or perhaps: "But why do you ask, Massive Flooding And Washed Out Bridges?" Of course, there's always the old (true) tradition by changing the name to their current personality or accomplishments: "But why do you ask, Hopelessly Bad Actor?"
Annie's, Ryan's homicidal, kidnapping ex-wife, on the loose. Ryan is VERY much on edge. The doorbell rings and Ryan just walks over and yanks open the door. Idiot. It's just someone delivering a package, but you'd think he wouldn't even ACCEPT a package at this stage. God knows what Annie might think to have delivered to him. She could send him a fresh human heart as a Valentine. Then he reads the return address:
EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA INSTITUE (sic)
FOR THE CRIMINALLY INSANE
FOR THE CRIMINALLY INSANE
I kid you NOT. BWAHAHAHAHAAAA! I think I laughed for a good 30 seconds over THAT one! Wait a minute. It's from Alexander Cambias. I thought he was captured in Las Vegas, not Pennsylvania. Am I missing something. They DID ping-pong back and forth. I wonder if that's the actual name of the Institute (misspelling and all) or if that was AC's joke.
I thought AC was catatonic and b) he was CHOOSING not to talk, because if he did it would show that he was faking. It wasn't that he COULDN'T talk, it was that he WOULDN'T talk.
And they show AC sitting in a cell somewhere grinning. The walls of that cell are plastered with front pages of the PV Bulletin listing the exploits of the Satin Slayer. Yeah, like the Eastern Pennsylvania Institue (sic) of the Criminally Insane would allow THAT. Then again, look at what they named their Institue.
Bianca emotes about how UTTERLY sorry she was that she decided to have a baby with Zach and brought Reese to PV and look at what happened! Kendall tells her she couldn't have predicted what happened. Uh, yeah, she COULD have predicted it -- at least the part about breaking up a marriage and royally pissing off her sister!
Robin "but why do you ask, Back Stabbing Sister-Betraying Bitch?" Coutellier
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
BC - Mon, 4/20/09
Annie's transfer to another hospital was really an escape orchestrated by Aidan. It wasn't that long ago that he did something similar to break Greenlee out of a courtroom followed shortly thereafter by her disappearing down a hole, leading to her being poisoned by some weird plant and Aidan and Kendall having grief sex. Oops. WTF is WRONG with him (don't answer that)??? This guy has NO compunction about breaking women out of incarceration, whether it be a penal institution or a mental institution. And I STILL cannot figure out WTF he sees in Annie. Maybe he IS after the $10 million. You'd think Greenlee would have been more aggressive in trying to get it back, but she didn't seem to notice it was missing, even when her company was going down in flames.
Annie is a homicidal maniac. Just because she remembers the childhood trigger doesn't mean she's "cured" -- it just means she remembers it and now has an explanation of how she got that way. I have a pretty good idea about LOTS of things I do or think that stem from childhood traumas, but that doesn't EXCUSE and/or fix them -- it just makes me more aware of WHY I'm that way. Sometimes I get a pretty good handle on things for a long time, but in times of stress, I tend to revert to old habits. From what I've observed, Annie doesn't take well to criticism or romantic rivalry. What will SHE do under stress?
Wow! It's not often we actually SEE the panties come off! I hope Zach is planning to replace that gaming table -- something tells me it will be ... wait for it ...... GAMEY! Brumpt-TING!
Wow, with that red wig on (especially in that style), Annie REALLY looks like Lauren Holly (aka Julie from the 1980s). All she needs now is a hat with 30 buttons on it
I suppose the giant sequins on her top will have to do. Why DID he get her clothes with big, gaudy sparkly things on them? I suppose it's his idea of hiding in plain sight. I wonder if he'll advise her to pick her nose in public (causing people to look away -- I remember that from a Richard Dreyfuss movie). The fact is that there will be an alert out eventually that a homicidal maniac has escaped (with his help) and her photo will be on the news -- Nancy Grace will be all OVER it. I can hear her now: "BOMBSHELL TONIGHT! Mentally ill accused kidnapper and accused brother-killer, not to mention sister of CONFIRMED murderer ON THE LOOSE! Deaf father wants NOTHING to do with her, so HOW did this happen! We need a shrink, PRONTO!" Jane Valez Mitchell will also chime in with SHOCKING details! BTW, if you watch Nancy Grace, you'll REALLY appreciate THIS YouTube parody of her. It is DEAD ON 
Some people say that having wild, anonymous sex is not Liza's style, but she DID go through a phase like that when she was younger. That got her raped and beaten and she reformed; it served to rehabilitate her in the eyes of many for falsely accusing Jesse of trying to rape her. I still remember Angie's mom, Pat (who was a rape counselor), telling Liza that she was making it much harder for women who really WERE raped and she hoped that it would never REALLY happen to her. Liza stuck to her story, though. I think that's why Jesse fled to NY and met up with Jenny to live in Hell's Kitchen.
I always thought Liza was too conservative when she was with Adam. Anonymous sex on a card table seems to be going a little too far, but we don't know what her life has been like all these years. Maybe they'll portray it as being her way of numbing the pain of being an estranged mother. Then again, when you've gotta have, you've gotta have it. I guess she's never heard of a vibrator. She seems to have targeted Zach, though, so she probably considers him relatively "safe" for her purposes, whatever those purposes might be. I know this will sound blasphemous to some, but I never really warmed up to Marcy Walker playing Liza. Part of it was Liza's frosty character, but part of it was just that she was lacking some kind of spark, IMO. I never watched Santa Barbara, so I only knew Marcy Walker as Liza. She was PERFECT as the hoity-toity, upper-crust teen back in the early 1980s whom we loved to hate, but I was always lukewarm about her as an adult. I'm willing to give this new Liza a chance.
When Liza extended her hand to shake with Zach, there was a little hesitation on his part. Was I the only one who was thinking that they BOTH might be wanting to wash their hands and wondering what kind of residue was on the OTHER person's hand? Stuff that seems deliciously decadent and natural while having sex can seem icky once the clothes are back on.
When Colby returned, Adam refused to let Liza even talk to her and threatened her with legal action unless she stayed away -- FOREVER. Has the statute of limitations run out on kidnapping? Colby was 15 when she returned. How old is Colby supposed to BE now?
What's beeping in Ian's room? Is he wearing some sort of remote monitor, because I don't see any wires connected to him while Ryan is holding him across the room from his crib.
Liza told Jake she's in the private gaming room. Well at least THAT question was answered (along with why there were apparently no other customers at the casino). That casino worker who has long had an eye on Zach wasn't too happy with her. I foresee a rooftop/Miller's Falls situation in their future.
Annie decides not to kidnap Emma after all, saying Emma would be disoriented. She didn't seem to have any qualms about kidnapping her the LAST time, and locking Emma in an abandoned church (which subsequently caught fire) in Puerto Rico.
Liza presses her nose against the glass of the Chandler living room as she spies on Colby and Adam. That crack security team on the Chandler estate never fails to meet our expectations, do they? I guess they've downsized, too (not that it would make the slightest difference).
Robin "gee, I wonder if Liza will enter the tunnels" Coutellier
Annie is a homicidal maniac. Just because she remembers the childhood trigger doesn't mean she's "cured" -- it just means she remembers it and now has an explanation of how she got that way. I have a pretty good idea about LOTS of things I do or think that stem from childhood traumas, but that doesn't EXCUSE and/or fix them -- it just makes me more aware of WHY I'm that way. Sometimes I get a pretty good handle on things for a long time, but in times of stress, I tend to revert to old habits. From what I've observed, Annie doesn't take well to criticism or romantic rivalry. What will SHE do under stress?
Wow! It's not often we actually SEE the panties come off! I hope Zach is planning to replace that gaming table -- something tells me it will be ... wait for it ...... GAMEY! Brumpt-TING!
Wow, with that red wig on (especially in that style), Annie REALLY looks like Lauren Holly (aka Julie from the 1980s). All she needs now is a hat with 30 buttons on it
I suppose the giant sequins on her top will have to do. Why DID he get her clothes with big, gaudy sparkly things on them? I suppose it's his idea of hiding in plain sight. I wonder if he'll advise her to pick her nose in public (causing people to look away -- I remember that from a Richard Dreyfuss movie). The fact is that there will be an alert out eventually that a homicidal maniac has escaped (with his help) and her photo will be on the news -- Nancy Grace will be all OVER it. I can hear her now: "BOMBSHELL TONIGHT! Mentally ill accused kidnapper and accused brother-killer, not to mention sister of CONFIRMED murderer ON THE LOOSE! Deaf father wants NOTHING to do with her, so HOW did this happen! We need a shrink, PRONTO!" Jane Valez Mitchell will also chime in with SHOCKING details! BTW, if you watch Nancy Grace, you'll REALLY appreciate THIS YouTube parody of her. It is DEAD ON Some people say that having wild, anonymous sex is not Liza's style, but she DID go through a phase like that when she was younger. That got her raped and beaten and she reformed; it served to rehabilitate her in the eyes of many for falsely accusing Jesse of trying to rape her. I still remember Angie's mom, Pat (who was a rape counselor), telling Liza that she was making it much harder for women who really WERE raped and she hoped that it would never REALLY happen to her. Liza stuck to her story, though. I think that's why Jesse fled to NY and met up with Jenny to live in Hell's Kitchen.
I always thought Liza was too conservative when she was with Adam. Anonymous sex on a card table seems to be going a little too far, but we don't know what her life has been like all these years. Maybe they'll portray it as being her way of numbing the pain of being an estranged mother. Then again, when you've gotta have, you've gotta have it. I guess she's never heard of a vibrator. She seems to have targeted Zach, though, so she probably considers him relatively "safe" for her purposes, whatever those purposes might be. I know this will sound blasphemous to some, but I never really warmed up to Marcy Walker playing Liza. Part of it was Liza's frosty character, but part of it was just that she was lacking some kind of spark, IMO. I never watched Santa Barbara, so I only knew Marcy Walker as Liza. She was PERFECT as the hoity-toity, upper-crust teen back in the early 1980s whom we loved to hate, but I was always lukewarm about her as an adult. I'm willing to give this new Liza a chance.
When Liza extended her hand to shake with Zach, there was a little hesitation on his part. Was I the only one who was thinking that they BOTH might be wanting to wash their hands and wondering what kind of residue was on the OTHER person's hand? Stuff that seems deliciously decadent and natural while having sex can seem icky once the clothes are back on.
When Colby returned, Adam refused to let Liza even talk to her and threatened her with legal action unless she stayed away -- FOREVER. Has the statute of limitations run out on kidnapping? Colby was 15 when she returned. How old is Colby supposed to BE now?
What's beeping in Ian's room? Is he wearing some sort of remote monitor, because I don't see any wires connected to him while Ryan is holding him across the room from his crib.
Liza told Jake she's in the private gaming room. Well at least THAT question was answered (along with why there were apparently no other customers at the casino). That casino worker who has long had an eye on Zach wasn't too happy with her. I foresee a rooftop/Miller's Falls situation in their future.
Annie decides not to kidnap Emma after all, saying Emma would be disoriented. She didn't seem to have any qualms about kidnapping her the LAST time, and locking Emma in an abandoned church (which subsequently caught fire) in Puerto Rico.
Liza presses her nose against the glass of the Chandler living room as she spies on Colby and Adam. That crack security team on the Chandler estate never fails to meet our expectations, do they? I guess they've downsized, too (not that it would make the slightest difference).
Robin "gee, I wonder if Liza will enter the tunnels" Coutellier
Friday, February 27, 2009
BC - Thu, 2/26/09
Tivo's info for today's episode starts off with "Ryan plans to steal the casino". For some reason, I have this vision of Ryan, all dressed in black and wearing a ski mask, sneaking away on tiptoe with the entire casino on his back, hoping no one will notice.
The woman standing to the right of JAR while he gives his speech bears an amazing resemblance to Alex Haven's version of Babe. Is she Babe's ghost?
Let's analyze David's speech about Babe:
Ryan is SUCH a fucking hypocrite! He lambastes Reese, saying she's just like Zach -- incredibly selfish and to HELL with everybody else. I think I feel my dinner coming up!
My, my, Krystal's come full circle, hasn't she? She started out fudging the DNA test of Bess/Miranda before the baby was even born (in a memorable scene whereby we saw her wiping her mouth after leaving a satisfied-looking lab tech) to show that JAR was the father. It was unknown at that time if JAR or Jamie was the father. After the baby switch, it was eventually revealed that not only was JAR NOT the father, but Babe was not the mother). Once Krystal and Babe realized that Bess was actually Miranda, they thought Babe's real baby had died and she persuaded Babe to keep Bianca's baby as her own. Now she's making Jake and Amanda promise to not ever let JAR know that he's not the father of Amanda's baby. They don't want him to know that, either, but that's not really the point. Krystal is STILL playing fast and loose when it comes to DNA and protecting her OWN interests. She SAYS she doesn't want JAR to be hurt (the same justification she used for keeping Bianca's baby), but the truth is that she doesn't want David's attention diverted to a "shiny new baby".
Robin "she is PATHETIC!" Coutellier
The woman standing to the right of JAR while he gives his speech bears an amazing resemblance to Alex Haven's version of Babe. Is she Babe's ghost?
Let's analyze David's speech about Babe:
- "She led with her heart every single day." Well, that's not entirely true -- mostly she led with her crotch and her greed.
- "She embraced her family, her friends." She did so by keeping her best friend's baby, letting said best friend to think that her baby was dead. She embraced said best friend often to comfort her. In fact, she embraced a LOT of people (often).
- "She reached out to total STRANGERS." Yeah, just look at her first night in town. Married only 2-3 weeks, she hooked up with the first cute guy she found, who WAS a total stranger. He turned out to be her brother-in-law, but she didn't know that at first. He was also a minor who was still in high school, but that didn't appear to faze her, either.
- "She loved her son with the fierceness of a mama bear." Yup, to prove it, she abandoned the baby she effectively stole (by hiding the knowledge that it wasn't really HER baby once she found out), then stole her own son from his family (who didn't know he WASN'T really family) and took off with him for a life on the run with the guy she was shacking up with, leaving the baby's adoptive family AND her husband to think the baby was dead. To be fair, she did leave some notes letting people (including her husband) know that the baby heretofore known as Bess was actually Miranda; Bianca could have her back now, so no worries!
- "Babe was fearless in everything she did." I think he flubbed the line -- clearly he must have meant that she was SHAMELESS in everything she did.
Ryan is SUCH a fucking hypocrite! He lambastes Reese, saying she's just like Zach -- incredibly selfish and to HELL with everybody else. I think I feel my dinner coming up!
My, my, Krystal's come full circle, hasn't she? She started out fudging the DNA test of Bess/Miranda before the baby was even born (in a memorable scene whereby we saw her wiping her mouth after leaving a satisfied-looking lab tech) to show that JAR was the father. It was unknown at that time if JAR or Jamie was the father. After the baby switch, it was eventually revealed that not only was JAR NOT the father, but Babe was not the mother). Once Krystal and Babe realized that Bess was actually Miranda, they thought Babe's real baby had died and she persuaded Babe to keep Bianca's baby as her own. Now she's making Jake and Amanda promise to not ever let JAR know that he's not the father of Amanda's baby. They don't want him to know that, either, but that's not really the point. Krystal is STILL playing fast and loose when it comes to DNA and protecting her OWN interests. She SAYS she doesn't want JAR to be hurt (the same justification she used for keeping Bianca's baby), but the truth is that she doesn't want David's attention diverted to a "shiny new baby".
Robin "she is PATHETIC!" Coutellier
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
BC - Mon, 2/23/09
It is SUCH a cliche on soaps that people can get custody of children based on a parent being unfaithful! Having sex (or not, in this case), has no bearing on whether or not a person is a good PARENT. Unless Reese is going out into the streets and bringing junkies and child molesters home to have sex in front of the kids, it's a moot point!
Considering the INCREDIBLY creepy way David is keeping tabs on Amanda's pregnancy, why doesn't Amanda just go somewhere else for pre-natal care? Frankie isn't even an OB/GYN! I suppose I can see why she has to keep seeing him NOW, though, since he's already fudged the records to indicate David is NOT the father and a new doctor would probably not go along with that, but David is so up in her business over it that I'm surprised he doesn't just reach down every time she walks by and do an impromptu pelvic exam while she's still in mid-stride. For that matter, it would not surprise me in the LEAST if he were to walk into an exam room while she IS having a pelvic exam do EXACTLY that, shoving Frankie aside so that he can gauge for himself the gestation period based on the size of her uterus. Honestly, that whole angle of the storyline just makes my SKIN crawl!
You know, as much as I can't stand him, I don't BLAME Ryan for slamming his door in people's faces and ordering them out of his life/penthouse right now. He's still trying to wrap his head around losing Greenlee and all these other people are insistently nattering at him to deal with THEIR PROBLEMS. WTF? Give the man at least a DAY, why don't you? People in PV are so RUDE!
They said before that the downstairs bedroom was made into a hospital room for Kendall. She's home about 1.5 days before she's up and driving all over the place and now she's had the room made up for Zach so she can to up the stairs to their usual bedroom.
Robin "I wonder if the downstairs bedroom now has a sign on the door that says FIDO" Coutellier
Considering the INCREDIBLY creepy way David is keeping tabs on Amanda's pregnancy, why doesn't Amanda just go somewhere else for pre-natal care? Frankie isn't even an OB/GYN! I suppose I can see why she has to keep seeing him NOW, though, since he's already fudged the records to indicate David is NOT the father and a new doctor would probably not go along with that, but David is so up in her business over it that I'm surprised he doesn't just reach down every time she walks by and do an impromptu pelvic exam while she's still in mid-stride. For that matter, it would not surprise me in the LEAST if he were to walk into an exam room while she IS having a pelvic exam do EXACTLY that, shoving Frankie aside so that he can gauge for himself the gestation period based on the size of her uterus. Honestly, that whole angle of the storyline just makes my SKIN crawl!
You know, as much as I can't stand him, I don't BLAME Ryan for slamming his door in people's faces and ordering them out of his life/penthouse right now. He's still trying to wrap his head around losing Greenlee and all these other people are insistently nattering at him to deal with THEIR PROBLEMS. WTF? Give the man at least a DAY, why don't you? People in PV are so RUDE!
They said before that the downstairs bedroom was made into a hospital room for Kendall. She's home about 1.5 days before she's up and driving all over the place and now she's had the room made up for Zach so she can to up the stairs to their usual bedroom.
Robin "I wonder if the downstairs bedroom now has a sign on the door that says FIDO" Coutellier
Monday, February 23, 2009
BC - Thu - 2/19/09
There's been a lot of discussion about Kendall's totally unrealistic movements since her heart transplant and the possibly of her chest breaking open again (driving, climbing down cliffs, (giving BIG, HARD hugs) etc). It got me to thinking ... she's probably wearing a tight, uncomfortable bra. What's the rule on bra wearing after open heart surgery? Then again, that may be the only thing holding her ribs together at this point. If she takes it off, she's liable to BLOW like a kernel of popcorn in a microwave.
Speaking of Kendall's breast area, did she get them enhanced during her coma? My sister asked that and she may be right. They aren't glaringly obvious like Erica's, but they DO seem somewhat bigger now. Maybe Zach slipped David a little something extra to enhance them as long as he was already futzing around in the general area. Maybe Josh donated his balls, too
Did you see the SIZE of that needle Dr. Sinclair was brandishing??? Do they even MAKE needles that big for PEOPLE? It wasn't a needle so much as an ice pick! I find it hard to believe it went through Sinclair's arm without sticking out on the other side and downright IMPOSSIBLE to believe she didn't feel it going in.
Why on EARTH would Emma be with Kendall right now? Ryan now HATES Zach and Kendall isn't in any condition to be taking care of kids right now.
Wait a second -- how the HELL did Aidan manage to take Annie, who IS still a patient/prisoner at Oakhaven, to PVH? Just because Annie's doctor tried to kill Annie and inadvertently ended up getting stuck with the horse-needle herself doesn't mean that Annie isn't still INCARCERATED. The administrator (wasn't he fired?) was even standing right there! Annie should have been hustled off to another room, not left alone with Aidan with her door hanging open! Even Angie was concerned about her safety when left alone with Annie in an exam room. If Annie had to go to the hospital, she should have an armed guard(Aidan doesn't count).
I don't feel even REMOTELY sorry for Ryan. He walks into the penthouse feeling desolate and angry and I just don't care. At all.
If Bianca's lawyer already knew that Reese has parental rights as far as Gabrielle goes, why was she trying so hard to make Reese sign the papers? Reese was right to rip the papers up, not only because she does not want an annulment, but because she has NO legal representation as far as the annulment, property or child custody goes! Bianca IS being a bitch and out-of-character, but I don't think it's THAT out-of-character for anyone, even the sweetest person in PV, to go into full-on bitch mode in that kind of situation. It doesn't help, but it IS realistic. When it comes to people getting divorces (or annulment's), just about ANY kind of behavior can emerge.
Robin "and EVERYONE had better duck!" Coutellier
Speaking of Kendall's breast area, did she get them enhanced during her coma? My sister asked that and she may be right. They aren't glaringly obvious like Erica's, but they DO seem somewhat bigger now. Maybe Zach slipped David a little something extra to enhance them as long as he was already futzing around in the general area. Maybe Josh donated his balls, too
Did you see the SIZE of that needle Dr. Sinclair was brandishing??? Do they even MAKE needles that big for PEOPLE? It wasn't a needle so much as an ice pick! I find it hard to believe it went through Sinclair's arm without sticking out on the other side and downright IMPOSSIBLE to believe she didn't feel it going in.
Why on EARTH would Emma be with Kendall right now? Ryan now HATES Zach and Kendall isn't in any condition to be taking care of kids right now.
Wait a second -- how the HELL did Aidan manage to take Annie, who IS still a patient/prisoner at Oakhaven, to PVH? Just because Annie's doctor tried to kill Annie and inadvertently ended up getting stuck with the horse-needle herself doesn't mean that Annie isn't still INCARCERATED. The administrator (wasn't he fired?) was even standing right there! Annie should have been hustled off to another room, not left alone with Aidan with her door hanging open! Even Angie was concerned about her safety when left alone with Annie in an exam room. If Annie had to go to the hospital, she should have an armed guard(Aidan doesn't count).
I don't feel even REMOTELY sorry for Ryan. He walks into the penthouse feeling desolate and angry and I just don't care. At all.
If Bianca's lawyer already knew that Reese has parental rights as far as Gabrielle goes, why was she trying so hard to make Reese sign the papers? Reese was right to rip the papers up, not only because she does not want an annulment, but because she has NO legal representation as far as the annulment, property or child custody goes! Bianca IS being a bitch and out-of-character, but I don't think it's THAT out-of-character for anyone, even the sweetest person in PV, to go into full-on bitch mode in that kind of situation. It doesn't help, but it IS realistic. When it comes to people getting divorces (or annulment's), just about ANY kind of behavior can emerge.
Robin "and EVERYONE had better duck!" Coutellier
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
BC - Wed, 2/18/09
A news headline today said that a 200 lb chimp went on the attack in Connecticut. I CAN'T be the only person who immediately thought of Ryan when they heard that! Some of you newer viewers may or may not have noticed us here on R.A.T.S.A. or A.T.AMC occasionally referring to Ryan as a chimp. The history of that goes back to when Gillian died. The way Cameron Mathison chose to emote was to keep putting his hands on his head in a very chimp-like manner. That's his method of being dramatic (that and hitting people and whisper-shouting). It's only a matter of time before he starts flinging his poop at Zach.
Aidan punches Ryan pretty damn hard (at least according to the sound effects) and Ryan barely even reacts to it other than turning his head slightly. There isn't a single mark, red, white or otherwise on his forehead where Aidan's fist presumably connected. I'm tellin' ya, that guy IS made of titanium.
Jesse threatens to arrest both Aidan and Ryan if they don't knock it off. As mentioned on R.A.T.S.A., Jesse has no jurisdiction in Connecticut. Of course, that's a minor detail. IIRC, Derek was arresting people in Jamaica back in the Hayley/Mateo/Noah/Julia days.
I noticed that CM has a hoarse voice now, too. Whatever that upper respiratory thing is, it's SWEEPING through the cast. First Susan Lucci, then Chrishell Stause (Amanda), and now CM.
Why are Bianca and Reese at Kendall and Zach's place acting like Bianca is suddenly moving out on Reese? Didn't they both ALREADY move into the casino? Now Bianca is saying she thought she'd stay with Erica at the casino. Maybe she's leaving the suite all to Reese. If Reese is still in the suite at the casino, then they'll still be running into each other all the time (and Zach, as someone mentioned). Zach is going to be getting shit at home AND at work.
Robin "like I said: neutered" Coutellier
Aidan punches Ryan pretty damn hard (at least according to the sound effects) and Ryan barely even reacts to it other than turning his head slightly. There isn't a single mark, red, white or otherwise on his forehead where Aidan's fist presumably connected. I'm tellin' ya, that guy IS made of titanium.
Jesse threatens to arrest both Aidan and Ryan if they don't knock it off. As mentioned on R.A.T.S.A., Jesse has no jurisdiction in Connecticut. Of course, that's a minor detail. IIRC, Derek was arresting people in Jamaica back in the Hayley/Mateo/Noah/Julia days.
I noticed that CM has a hoarse voice now, too. Whatever that upper respiratory thing is, it's SWEEPING through the cast. First Susan Lucci, then Chrishell Stause (Amanda), and now CM.
Why are Bianca and Reese at Kendall and Zach's place acting like Bianca is suddenly moving out on Reese? Didn't they both ALREADY move into the casino? Now Bianca is saying she thought she'd stay with Erica at the casino. Maybe she's leaving the suite all to Reese. If Reese is still in the suite at the casino, then they'll still be running into each other all the time (and Zach, as someone mentioned). Zach is going to be getting shit at home AND at work.
Robin "like I said: neutered" Coutellier
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
BC - Mon, 2/16/09
And now our heart transplant patient is being jerked around in a careening car (I know what THAT feels like) and climbing down cliffs. According to Ruby Vee, a nurse who posts on R.A.T.S.A.), a person who has had their breastbone sawed open and then wired shut needs at least SIX WEEKS of favoring the sternum and lifting no more than 5 lbs lest the breastbone pop right open again. As usual, Kendall rarely uses her brain before she acts.
I was disappointed that Erica didn't say anything about Mona being proud of Bianca and wishing she could be there? It was nice for Jack to tell Bianca that her father, Travis, would be proud of her.
Does it seem a little odd to anyone else that there aren't any gay/lesbian friends of either of the brides at the wedding? They used to include extras at all the soap weddings, but this was a particularly low-attendance one. You'd think there would be at least ONE person there besides Bianca that was supportive to Reese. Of course, that may be deliberate to underscore how much of an outsider she is. Bianca has alluded to some gay/lesbian friends in PV in the past. That said, since they've been showing the two of them as a couple for quite a while now, within the context of the show itself, I didn't really think of it as a "same-sex wedding" so much as simply a "wedding". I tend to think of it as of a "same-sex wedding" when I see the various external references to it, though.
I know this wedding was supposed to be small, intimate affair, but you'd think there would be at least SOMEONE outside of the immediate circle of PV's usual movers and shakers. For that matter, why weren't Sean, Molly and, yes, even BARBARA there? Bianca lived with them from the time she was six to sixteen, after all. How about Reggie and Lily? (Lily would, of course, have to wear sunglasses what with all the red abounding on the set lately.) Valentine's Day was a Saturday this year, so having to be in school is no excuse. Joe has been around all of Bianca's life -- is he still visiting an aunt or whatever, out of state? Palmer should have been there, too, but I'll cut him some slack since he's really getting on in years. Mary Smythe should have been there, but Greenlee did pretty much give her the boot, so that one's iffy. Jack has a sister, That-Kit-Fisher-Person (tm by EEK) who should be there for at least ONE of her niece's weddings. Ryan ... hmmmm ... well, everyone in Ryan's family dies just to get away from him, even the PRETEND ones, and no one REALLY likes him, anyway.
Robin "now that Greenlee's been in a horrible accident & Reese and Zach's kiss is exposed, does this mean there's not going to be cake?" Coutellier
I was disappointed that Erica didn't say anything about Mona being proud of Bianca and wishing she could be there? It was nice for Jack to tell Bianca that her father, Travis, would be proud of her.
Does it seem a little odd to anyone else that there aren't any gay/lesbian friends of either of the brides at the wedding? They used to include extras at all the soap weddings, but this was a particularly low-attendance one. You'd think there would be at least ONE person there besides Bianca that was supportive to Reese. Of course, that may be deliberate to underscore how much of an outsider she is. Bianca has alluded to some gay/lesbian friends in PV in the past. That said, since they've been showing the two of them as a couple for quite a while now, within the context of the show itself, I didn't really think of it as a "same-sex wedding" so much as simply a "wedding". I tend to think of it as of a "same-sex wedding" when I see the various external references to it, though.
I know this wedding was supposed to be small, intimate affair, but you'd think there would be at least SOMEONE outside of the immediate circle of PV's usual movers and shakers. For that matter, why weren't Sean, Molly and, yes, even BARBARA there? Bianca lived with them from the time she was six to sixteen, after all. How about Reggie and Lily? (Lily would, of course, have to wear sunglasses what with all the red abounding on the set lately.) Valentine's Day was a Saturday this year, so having to be in school is no excuse. Joe has been around all of Bianca's life -- is he still visiting an aunt or whatever, out of state? Palmer should have been there, too, but I'll cut him some slack since he's really getting on in years. Mary Smythe should have been there, but Greenlee did pretty much give her the boot, so that one's iffy. Jack has a sister, That-Kit-Fisher-Person (tm by EEK) who should be there for at least ONE of her niece's weddings. Ryan ... hmmmm ... well, everyone in Ryan's family dies just to get away from him, even the PRETEND ones, and no one REALLY likes him, anyway.
Robin "now that Greenlee's been in a horrible accident & Reese and Zach's kiss is exposed, does this mean there's not going to be cake?" Coutellier
Saturday, February 14, 2009
BC - Fri, 2/13/09
Kendall could barely WALK or even SIT UP a couple of days ago, but now she's wandering around the hotel, rushing around and driving? As we predicted (made MUCH easier by tell-all promos), Kendall has had a MIRACULOUSLY speedy recovery from a 4-month coma AND a heart transplant.
If Kendall was supposed to be a Maid Of Honor, why is she wearing a hat, thereby squishing down her hair and giving her hat-head? And why the sudden wave of hats (remember Angie was wearing one the other day)?
Zach KNOWS how pissed off Kendall is at him for siring Gabrielle, ESPECIALLY when she sees him with her, so why does he keep picking up the baby to soothe it every time it gets even remotely fussy?
The Kane women sure do like big oval mirrors on their wedding days.
Ugh, I *HATE* Bianca's dress! Reese's isn't so anything to write home about, either, but Bianca's is SOOOO unflattering to her! I'm VERY disappointed.
Why isn't Greenlee afraid of her long dress (or veil) getting caught in/under the wheels of the motorcycle? Apparently she's never seen the end of the movie "Isadora" (1968). (GMTA, Aisling!) I was amazed that there wasn't a Youtube clip (that I could find) of THAT scene -- it was QUITE memorable! For those of you who don't know what I'm talking about, Isadora Duncan, a famous dancer, died in 1927 of a broken neck when one of the long, flowing scarves she was so fond of wearing trailed romantically behind her in a car -- and then got caught in the spokes of one of the rear wheels.
What IS it about AMC and motorcycles going cliffs? For that matter, why does everyone in town eventually fall over some precipice or another? Off the top of my head:
If Kendall was supposed to be a Maid Of Honor, why is she wearing a hat, thereby squishing down her hair and giving her hat-head? And why the sudden wave of hats (remember Angie was wearing one the other day)?
Zach KNOWS how pissed off Kendall is at him for siring Gabrielle, ESPECIALLY when she sees him with her, so why does he keep picking up the baby to soothe it every time it gets even remotely fussy?
The Kane women sure do like big oval mirrors on their wedding days.
Ugh, I *HATE* Bianca's dress! Reese's isn't so anything to write home about, either, but Bianca's is SOOOO unflattering to her! I'm VERY disappointed.
Why isn't Greenlee afraid of her long dress (or veil) getting caught in/under the wheels of the motorcycle? Apparently she's never seen the end of the movie "Isadora" (1968). (GMTA, Aisling!) I was amazed that there wasn't a Youtube clip (that I could find) of THAT scene -- it was QUITE memorable! For those of you who don't know what I'm talking about, Isadora Duncan, a famous dancer, died in 1927 of a broken neck when one of the long, flowing scarves she was so fond of wearing trailed romantically behind her in a car -- and then got caught in the spokes of one of the rear wheels.
What IS it about AMC and motorcycles going cliffs? For that matter, why does everyone in town eventually fall over some precipice or another? Off the top of my head:
- Ryan drove his motorcycle over a cliff
- Tad and Billy Clyde Tuggle got blown off a high bridge
- Tad and Brooke drove off a cliff, or at least down an embankment way back in Brooke's reporter days
- Bianca was pushed over a balcony
- Mia fell or was pushed out of a 3rd floor window
- JAR jumped out of a fourth floor window
- Erica fell off a scaffolding
- Greg Nelson fell off a scaffolding
- Leo and his mother fell off Miller's Falls
- Hannah fell off Miller's Falls
- Dr. Lazare fell off a cliff or bridge
- Lars Bogard fell off the back of a cruise ship
- Maria and an entire crashed plane fell (or was pushed by Brooke, depending on your point of view) off a cliff
- Annie jumped off the balcony of the Penthouse and (hilariously) immediately got up and ran away
- Leslie Coulsen fell off the top of the Chandler Enterprises building
- Helga fell off a castle-like structure in Hungary
- Countless people have ALMOST gone over the top of the Fusion building (has anyone ever succeeded?)
BC - Thu, 2/12/09
How do you leave a door unlocked (Annie's room at Oakhaven) that locks automatically?
Why would Ryan and Greenlee travel up to the wedding separately?
Okay, Ryan said something about Emma being taken care of for the evening festivities and Rachel is apparently coming up to take care of her after the wedding. What about Spike and Ian? Ryan says Spike is sick -- either he is or he was just TOLD that because Kendall wasn't going to go. If Rachel didn't know Spike was sick, who is taking care of Spike and Ian now that Kendall and Zach ARE going to the wedding? Spike doesn't appear to be with Ryan, and Kendall is NOT up to full-time childcare at the moment.
Apparently Kendall never wants to see Bianca ever again -- at least she never wants Zach to see his baby (or Reese) ever again.
Does Kendall know yet that Zach is the one who shot Josh?
Aidan and Dr. Sinclair both KNOW that Annie will go after Greenlee and try to kill her. Neither of them seems concerned with letting Greenlee and/or Ryan know that Annie has escaped (again) and is gunning for them, though.
How did Annie get all the way from Oakhaven, which is presumably in Pine Valley, all the way to the Inn in Connecticut with no money or resources? She probably assaulted someone and stole whatever she needed. She always WAS resourceful.
If Ryan and Greenlee rode up on their bikes, how did Emma (who walked in with them) get there? It kind of seems like Ryan did NOT take his motorcycle, unless it was being towed behind him or attached to an SUV.
Maybe Gabrielle was crying because she didn't like her face being smushed up against the hard sparklies on Opal's dress.
Should Kendall really be drinking alcohol so soon after her transplant? Wouldn't that interfere with her medications?
Oh puh-leeze! Zach is already in such hot water with Kendall and now he's making out with REESE? Yeah, we saw it coming, but for all he professes to love Kendall and he'll stick it out with her, etc., that's just bogus, even if he IS feeling a lack of nookie.
Robin "he should get used to THAT feeling for a while" Coutellier
Why would Ryan and Greenlee travel up to the wedding separately?
Okay, Ryan said something about Emma being taken care of for the evening festivities and Rachel is apparently coming up to take care of her after the wedding. What about Spike and Ian? Ryan says Spike is sick -- either he is or he was just TOLD that because Kendall wasn't going to go. If Rachel didn't know Spike was sick, who is taking care of Spike and Ian now that Kendall and Zach ARE going to the wedding? Spike doesn't appear to be with Ryan, and Kendall is NOT up to full-time childcare at the moment.
Apparently Kendall never wants to see Bianca ever again -- at least she never wants Zach to see his baby (or Reese) ever again.
Does Kendall know yet that Zach is the one who shot Josh?
Aidan and Dr. Sinclair both KNOW that Annie will go after Greenlee and try to kill her. Neither of them seems concerned with letting Greenlee and/or Ryan know that Annie has escaped (again) and is gunning for them, though.
How did Annie get all the way from Oakhaven, which is presumably in Pine Valley, all the way to the Inn in Connecticut with no money or resources? She probably assaulted someone and stole whatever she needed. She always WAS resourceful.
If Ryan and Greenlee rode up on their bikes, how did Emma (who walked in with them) get there? It kind of seems like Ryan did NOT take his motorcycle, unless it was being towed behind him or attached to an SUV.
Maybe Gabrielle was crying because she didn't like her face being smushed up against the hard sparklies on Opal's dress.
Should Kendall really be drinking alcohol so soon after her transplant? Wouldn't that interfere with her medications?
Oh puh-leeze! Zach is already in such hot water with Kendall and now he's making out with REESE? Yeah, we saw it coming, but for all he professes to love Kendall and he'll stick it out with her, etc., that's just bogus, even if he IS feeling a lack of nookie.
Robin "he should get used to THAT feeling for a while" Coutellier
Thursday, February 5, 2009
BC - Thu, 2/5/09
Wow, Susan Lucci's throat ailment hit her FAST!
What's up with Krystal's clown bow? Looks like Erica isn't the only one resurrecting the 1980s.
I just noticed that not only do the Hubbards have V-8 on their counters, but they also have at least a couple of cans of Campbell's soup there. I don't know about YOU, but *I* usually keep my canned goods in a cupboard unless I'm ready to open them. And now Adam is pushing Prego's Heart Smart sauces on Amanda. I know that there is a heart health awareness campaign at this time of year, but they are really laying it on thick! Will we see jars of Prego in the living room? If Adam Chandler is rich enough to have a full-time cook, then he's certainly rich enough to have said cook prepare some heart smart foods from SCRATCH, with help from a nutritionist if necessary. According to the nutritional information on their website, a half-cup serving of Prego's Heart Smart Traditional Italian Sauce has 430mg of sodium and 10g of sugar.
Amanda has money again, so why is she moving into the Chandler mansion? I don't buy that bull about protecting her from David for a SECOND, as it has been amply proven that the Chandler estate is more accessible than a metropolitan city sidewalk. She KNOWS how Adam operates. She KNOWS that he hates her guts and she KNOWS that he has a history of going ANY lengths necessary to wrest away custody of any child he thinks has a drop of Chandler blood in it. So why subject herself to such a TOXIC environment (and considering that he burned LA's car in the fireplace, the label of TOXIC applies on several levels)?
LOD:
Zach to Bianca: "It IS on ME. It's my wife. I had a kid with someone else -- maybe I should have said something about that." Ya THINK???
I can't believe Bianca is still spouting that the REAL problem with the circumstances of Gabrielle's paternity is that she didn't TELL Zach (or Kendall) that she went ahead and used his sperm to get pregnant. Uh, NO. The REAL problem is that Zach made a deposit for her to use in the FIRST place without consulting his WIFE (who happens to be Bianca's SISTER) about it!
Oh, look at the convenient pestle and mortar Jesse whips out so that he and Jake can grind up a bunch of pills to frame David. They don't watch much in the way of forensics TV shows, do they? Traces of the meds CAN be found on them. For that matter, it's possible that someone in the household is allergic to one of the meds that were mixed together and will subsequently eat something that was prepared using said pestle and mortar and will then have a life-threatening allergic reaction to it.
One of the conditions of Krystal having visitation with Jenny is that she NOT take her to DAVID'S house. So what does Krystal do the minute she gets Jenny? She takes her to David's house, of course. Wow, I knew there would probably be repercussions from it with Tad eventually, but I didn't expect those repercussions to be the minute she walked in the door. It was also a handy way for Tad to deflect her questions about him being IN the house in the first place. Krystal figures it out quickly enough after Jesse and his posse raid the house and find the freshly compounded pills, though.
Greenlee and Erica have a knockdown drag-out fight at Fusion, including dueling with cheap chairs. This is BEYOND ridiculous, if only because Erica (okay, Susan Lucci) is 62 years old -- she could break a hip! Even with the show's warped sense of time, Erica would be at LEAST 25 years older than Greenlee; this is trailer park trash behavior on BOTH their parts! Are we supposed to think Erica has learned some tough survival skills in prison?
Don't police academy cadet photos usually get taken when the cadets GRADUATE? Natalia has only had ONE class so far, according to her.
How can ABC POSSIBLY think there will be ANY kind of cliffhanger tension WHATSOEVER with Greenlee's head wound and being knocked unconscious considering the promos they've shown us?
Robin "Greenlee's bleeding in the office -- now THAT is Fusion Red" Coutellier
What's up with Krystal's clown bow? Looks like Erica isn't the only one resurrecting the 1980s.
I just noticed that not only do the Hubbards have V-8 on their counters, but they also have at least a couple of cans of Campbell's soup there. I don't know about YOU, but *I* usually keep my canned goods in a cupboard unless I'm ready to open them. And now Adam is pushing Prego's Heart Smart sauces on Amanda. I know that there is a heart health awareness campaign at this time of year, but they are really laying it on thick! Will we see jars of Prego in the living room? If Adam Chandler is rich enough to have a full-time cook, then he's certainly rich enough to have said cook prepare some heart smart foods from SCRATCH, with help from a nutritionist if necessary. According to the nutritional information on their website, a half-cup serving of Prego's Heart Smart Traditional Italian Sauce has 430mg of sodium and 10g of sugar.
Amanda has money again, so why is she moving into the Chandler mansion? I don't buy that bull about protecting her from David for a SECOND, as it has been amply proven that the Chandler estate is more accessible than a metropolitan city sidewalk. She KNOWS how Adam operates. She KNOWS that he hates her guts and she KNOWS that he has a history of going ANY lengths necessary to wrest away custody of any child he thinks has a drop of Chandler blood in it. So why subject herself to such a TOXIC environment (and considering that he burned LA's car in the fireplace, the label of TOXIC applies on several levels)?
LOD:
Zach to Bianca: "It IS on ME. It's my wife. I had a kid with someone else -- maybe I should have said something about that." Ya THINK???
I can't believe Bianca is still spouting that the REAL problem with the circumstances of Gabrielle's paternity is that she didn't TELL Zach (or Kendall) that she went ahead and used his sperm to get pregnant. Uh, NO. The REAL problem is that Zach made a deposit for her to use in the FIRST place without consulting his WIFE (who happens to be Bianca's SISTER) about it!
Oh, look at the convenient pestle and mortar Jesse whips out so that he and Jake can grind up a bunch of pills to frame David. They don't watch much in the way of forensics TV shows, do they? Traces of the meds CAN be found on them. For that matter, it's possible that someone in the household is allergic to one of the meds that were mixed together and will subsequently eat something that was prepared using said pestle and mortar and will then have a life-threatening allergic reaction to it.
One of the conditions of Krystal having visitation with Jenny is that she NOT take her to DAVID'S house. So what does Krystal do the minute she gets Jenny? She takes her to David's house, of course. Wow, I knew there would probably be repercussions from it with Tad eventually, but I didn't expect those repercussions to be the minute she walked in the door. It was also a handy way for Tad to deflect her questions about him being IN the house in the first place. Krystal figures it out quickly enough after Jesse and his posse raid the house and find the freshly compounded pills, though.
Greenlee and Erica have a knockdown drag-out fight at Fusion, including dueling with cheap chairs. This is BEYOND ridiculous, if only because Erica (okay, Susan Lucci) is 62 years old -- she could break a hip! Even with the show's warped sense of time, Erica would be at LEAST 25 years older than Greenlee; this is trailer park trash behavior on BOTH their parts! Are we supposed to think Erica has learned some tough survival skills in prison?
Don't police academy cadet photos usually get taken when the cadets GRADUATE? Natalia has only had ONE class so far, according to her.
How can ABC POSSIBLY think there will be ANY kind of cliffhanger tension WHATSOEVER with Greenlee's head wound and being knocked unconscious considering the promos they've shown us?
Robin "Greenlee's bleeding in the office -- now THAT is Fusion Red" Coutellier
BC - Wed, 2/4/09
Well, here comes Valentine's Day and here comes the Fusion V-8 push ... again. If you'll recall, last Valentine's Day they had a fashion show to benefit the American Heart Association (or something similar) and Fusion Cosmetics teamed up with Campbell's, who had a new product that they called Fusion V-8. They crammed the in-show advertising down our throats for a couple of weeks. Now we've had 3 mentions of Fusion V-8 within a couple of days (Amanda mentioned it earlier). Great -- nothing like barfing up some tangy, acidic tomato juice when you're pregnant. Oh and now Jake has a glass of it. I'm assuming that bottle with green trimmings on the table in the foreground is also Fusion V-8.
Zach is pretty excited considering the look Kendall gave him at the end of Monday's show. They're acting like it never happened.
JAR insists that he wants Amanda to moving into the Chandler mansion where she'll be safe. SAFE? He must still be suffering the effects of his drinking binge, because there is no other reason I can think of for him or anyone else to EVER think the Chandler mansion would be safe, even on it's SAFEST day! People pop up in their living rooom unannounced (not to mention in the tunnels) more often than the moles in Whack-A-Mole machines pop up in arcades!
I see Zach finally shaved off his beard.
Does Erica's dress remind anyone else of the 1980s? Oh, I see Aisling also noticed it! I had a very similar dress in off-white back in the early-mid 1980s. It was one of my all-time favorite dresses, in fact. Wait a sec -- that was about 25 years ago -- SHIT! It's true what they say -- if you hold onto something long enough, it WILL come back into fashion.
Kendall reminded Zach that it's kind of hard to be alone with 3 toddlers and a baby. Was she saying Miranda is a toddler? I imagine MIRANDA would take exception to that characterization.
I finally saw that incredibly revealing February sweeps AMC promo people have been talking about. I cannot IMAGINE WTF ABC is thinking giving THAT much away, especially for something that's still 10 days away.
Robin "who made THAT bone-headed decision?" Coutellier
Zach is pretty excited considering the look Kendall gave him at the end of Monday's show. They're acting like it never happened.
JAR insists that he wants Amanda to moving into the Chandler mansion where she'll be safe. SAFE? He must still be suffering the effects of his drinking binge, because there is no other reason I can think of for him or anyone else to EVER think the Chandler mansion would be safe, even on it's SAFEST day! People pop up in their living rooom unannounced (not to mention in the tunnels) more often than the moles in Whack-A-Mole machines pop up in arcades!
I see Zach finally shaved off his beard.
Does Erica's dress remind anyone else of the 1980s? Oh, I see Aisling also noticed it! I had a very similar dress in off-white back in the early-mid 1980s. It was one of my all-time favorite dresses, in fact. Wait a sec -- that was about 25 years ago -- SHIT! It's true what they say -- if you hold onto something long enough, it WILL come back into fashion.
Kendall reminded Zach that it's kind of hard to be alone with 3 toddlers and a baby. Was she saying Miranda is a toddler? I imagine MIRANDA would take exception to that characterization.
I finally saw that incredibly revealing February sweeps AMC promo people have been talking about. I cannot IMAGINE WTF ABC is thinking giving THAT much away, especially for something that's still 10 days away.
Robin "who made THAT bone-headed decision?" Coutellier
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
BC - Mon, 2/2/09
JAR says he would not try to take Amanda's baby because that's Adam's style, like the baby is his own personal property. Yes, but the MOTHER is giving the baby up. That is NOT the same as Adam doing everything possible to steal his various children from their mothers. Not that I think JAR is fit to raise a child. I also do not think Ryan and Greenlee are fit to raise children, though. The fact that JAR thinks that Ryan would be such a great parent to his child shows what bad judgment HE has. At least JAR is willing to ADMIT that he would not be a good father.
Brianne Moncrief (Colby) is SUCH a bad actress! Her expression barely changed throughout her entire conversation with JAR. She might as well have been gaping at a fishbowl.
I'm glad Zach at least had the good sense to hem and haw and stumble in his explanation as to why he was the donor for Bianca's pregnancy. It made NO SENSE. That entire storyline is just ABSURD. He told Kendall that Bianca didn't want to let them know about it unless it was successful. He's leaving out the part where he had Kendall's permission to impregnate his sister-in-law in the FIRST PLACE!
Bianca frets about how badly this came about (telling Kendall about the baby). Reese tries to comfort her, telling her that she couldn't have predicted the tornado. Me: "YOU COULD HAVE PREDICTED KENDALL WOULDN'T ***LIKE*** YOU BEING PREGNANT WITH HER HUSBAND'S BABY!!!"
Erica tells David she flat-out will NOT help him take LA away from JAR. David is kind of pissed off. What's he going to do, go in and suffocate Kendall? Frankly, I would not put it past him to do something to compromise Kendall's physical situation. He says he can't stay mad at Erica, but he is not to be trusted.
Jesse and Angie query Tad about Kathy and ask if there's some reason she might have run away. Tad says no, she was fine. EXCUSE ME? She was very upset that Krystal was leaving and said that Mommies go away and they never come back. Then he and Krystal have a blow-up. How can he be so thick-headed as to think that Kathy was FINE?
JAR makes a point of showing Adam that he is drinking WATER. Well, that's nice. But he's still in a BAR. Why would an alcoholic who has just come off a bender and is trying to stay sober hang out in a fucking BAR?
It didn't occur to me until Kendall started talking about Josh's tortured heart that now she not only has her dead brother's heart in her chest, but it's the heart that her mother had previously aborted along with the rest of him, so it's not only second-hand, but it's twice-SALVAGED, and from the same mother who gave HER away at birth because she was a product of rape. That has GOT to mess with her mind! And we thought Kendall had issues BEFORE all this! That unabortion storyline travesty is just going to go and and on and on.
Wouldn't Kendall need, oh, I don't know ... REST? People are going into her room one after the other, dropping information bombs and agitating her while she puts on a front of complete calm. She IS doing a good job of acting wan and tired, though.
WHOA! Good and very subtle acting on the part of TK and AM at the end of the show! He is SOOO fucked! Zach is sleeping in the doghouse NOW!
Robin "and he's about to be neutered" Coutellier
Brianne Moncrief (Colby) is SUCH a bad actress! Her expression barely changed throughout her entire conversation with JAR. She might as well have been gaping at a fishbowl.
I'm glad Zach at least had the good sense to hem and haw and stumble in his explanation as to why he was the donor for Bianca's pregnancy. It made NO SENSE. That entire storyline is just ABSURD. He told Kendall that Bianca didn't want to let them know about it unless it was successful. He's leaving out the part where he had Kendall's permission to impregnate his sister-in-law in the FIRST PLACE!
Bianca frets about how badly this came about (telling Kendall about the baby). Reese tries to comfort her, telling her that she couldn't have predicted the tornado. Me: "YOU COULD HAVE PREDICTED KENDALL WOULDN'T ***LIKE*** YOU BEING PREGNANT WITH HER HUSBAND'S BABY!!!"
Erica tells David she flat-out will NOT help him take LA away from JAR. David is kind of pissed off. What's he going to do, go in and suffocate Kendall? Frankly, I would not put it past him to do something to compromise Kendall's physical situation. He says he can't stay mad at Erica, but he is not to be trusted.
Jesse and Angie query Tad about Kathy and ask if there's some reason she might have run away. Tad says no, she was fine. EXCUSE ME? She was very upset that Krystal was leaving and said that Mommies go away and they never come back. Then he and Krystal have a blow-up. How can he be so thick-headed as to think that Kathy was FINE?
JAR makes a point of showing Adam that he is drinking WATER. Well, that's nice. But he's still in a BAR. Why would an alcoholic who has just come off a bender and is trying to stay sober hang out in a fucking BAR?
It didn't occur to me until Kendall started talking about Josh's tortured heart that now she not only has her dead brother's heart in her chest, but it's the heart that her mother had previously aborted along with the rest of him, so it's not only second-hand, but it's twice-SALVAGED, and from the same mother who gave HER away at birth because she was a product of rape. That has GOT to mess with her mind! And we thought Kendall had issues BEFORE all this! That unabortion storyline travesty is just going to go and and on and on.
Wouldn't Kendall need, oh, I don't know ... REST? People are going into her room one after the other, dropping information bombs and agitating her while she puts on a front of complete calm. She IS doing a good job of acting wan and tired, though.
WHOA! Good and very subtle acting on the part of TK and AM at the end of the show! He is SOOO fucked! Zach is sleeping in the doghouse NOW!
Robin "and he's about to be neutered" Coutellier
Monday, February 2, 2009
BC - Fri, 1/30/09
I just realized that Annie's hair seems considerably darker. How is she getting her hair dyed in Oakhaven?
Why isn't there a big red spot (and possibly whitish WELTS) on Reese's face after her mother whalloped her SOOO hard across the face that it was practically a PUNCH?
I know Tad is REALLY hurt and very angry, but he should shut his trap when it comes to slamming Krystal where Kathy could overhear. He sent her upstairs to play so he could talk to Krystal. Kathy is NOT an idiot. If I were her, I'd be listening to them as hard as my little ears COULD listen. Oh look, there she is NOW, sitting on the stairs! And she stomped up them when Krystal finally left, but Tad didn't even notice the commotion.
Is anyone going to tell Alice Hart that Kendall is awake? Has anyone mentioned to her that Kendall was even in a coma, let alone that she had a heart transplant? For new watchers, Alice Hart is Kendall's VERY sweet and loving adoptive mother who raised her FROM BIRTH. She lives in Florida.
I'm SO glad that Reese and Zach did NOT have sex in the wake of her mother's slap! That doesn't mean they won't still do it, but it would have been easy (and predictable) for them to have sex and, because they are busy getting busy, have Zach not answer his phone when Bianca called to tell them that Kendall was awake. Zach said everyone has impulses, but it doesn't mean they have to ACT on them. What a REFRESHING idea for a soap! The characters aren't going to act like normal people most of the time, because then there wouldn't be any dramatic stories, but it's nice to see them behave once in a while and maybe set an example to people that actually makes sense while at the same time acknowledging that people DO have impulses.
OT: I told someone (who smokes) recently that I quit smoking when I was 18 and am, in fact, allergic to cigarette smoke and can't STAND it, but that, every once in a while, I have a dream where I not only smoke, but I LIKE it! He looked crestfallen and said that didn't bode well for him quitting eventually. I reminded him, though, that we all dream about doing things that we would NEVER do in real life :-) For instance, in my DREAMS, I often glide or sometimes just levitate merely by concentrating really hard. I run a lot in my dreams, too, and the gliding in between touching down can be quite extended. I also race along on something akin to a combination magic carpet/bobsled -- it doesn't leave the ground, but it goes really FAST and is quite maneuverable just by my pulling on one side or the other :-)
Is it REALLY necessary right NOW to tell Kendall that Zach was the donor father to create Gabrielle? It's not enough of a shock to Kendall to find out that a) she's in the hospital and doesn't know how she got there, b) she's been in a coma for three months, c) she had a heart transplant, and d) the heart donor was her own brother? And she doesn't even know about MYRTLE (or Babe) yet!
Robin "FGS, PACE yourselves!" Coutellier
Why isn't there a big red spot (and possibly whitish WELTS) on Reese's face after her mother whalloped her SOOO hard across the face that it was practically a PUNCH?
I know Tad is REALLY hurt and very angry, but he should shut his trap when it comes to slamming Krystal where Kathy could overhear. He sent her upstairs to play so he could talk to Krystal. Kathy is NOT an idiot. If I were her, I'd be listening to them as hard as my little ears COULD listen. Oh look, there she is NOW, sitting on the stairs! And she stomped up them when Krystal finally left, but Tad didn't even notice the commotion.
Is anyone going to tell Alice Hart that Kendall is awake? Has anyone mentioned to her that Kendall was even in a coma, let alone that she had a heart transplant? For new watchers, Alice Hart is Kendall's VERY sweet and loving adoptive mother who raised her FROM BIRTH. She lives in Florida.
I'm SO glad that Reese and Zach did NOT have sex in the wake of her mother's slap! That doesn't mean they won't still do it, but it would have been easy (and predictable) for them to have sex and, because they are busy getting busy, have Zach not answer his phone when Bianca called to tell them that Kendall was awake. Zach said everyone has impulses, but it doesn't mean they have to ACT on them. What a REFRESHING idea for a soap! The characters aren't going to act like normal people most of the time, because then there wouldn't be any dramatic stories, but it's nice to see them behave once in a while and maybe set an example to people that actually makes sense while at the same time acknowledging that people DO have impulses.
OT: I told someone (who smokes) recently that I quit smoking when I was 18 and am, in fact, allergic to cigarette smoke and can't STAND it, but that, every once in a while, I have a dream where I not only smoke, but I LIKE it! He looked crestfallen and said that didn't bode well for him quitting eventually. I reminded him, though, that we all dream about doing things that we would NEVER do in real life :-) For instance, in my DREAMS, I often glide or sometimes just levitate merely by concentrating really hard. I run a lot in my dreams, too, and the gliding in between touching down can be quite extended. I also race along on something akin to a combination magic carpet/bobsled -- it doesn't leave the ground, but it goes really FAST and is quite maneuverable just by my pulling on one side or the other :-)
Is it REALLY necessary right NOW to tell Kendall that Zach was the donor father to create Gabrielle? It's not enough of a shock to Kendall to find out that a) she's in the hospital and doesn't know how she got there, b) she's been in a coma for three months, c) she had a heart transplant, and d) the heart donor was her own brother? And she doesn't even know about MYRTLE (or Babe) yet!
Robin "FGS, PACE yourselves!" Coutellier
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
BC - Wed, 1/21/09
Kendall is on immuno-suppressive drugs. I'm guessing Prednisone or a similar steroid is included in the mix. So, will Kendall gain weight and get a puffy face? BWAAHAHAHHAHAHAHAA! Sometimes I crack myself up 
Is it cold in the studio? For once the women, (and men) except for Bianca and Reese, are wearing coats, and they're INSIDE the hospital. Where are the usual spaghetti straps? Erica's even rubbing her arms through the sleeves, although that can be attributed to feeling desolate over the situation.
Amanda comes right out and tells Jake that she's getting an abortion. Wow, times HAVE changed! She didn't say she was not going through with the pregnancy or that she's going to have a procedure or that she's going to terminate the pregnancy -- she actually used the word ABORTION!
Erica's son was shot, declared braindead, and his heart was transplanted into her daughter. Is this REALLY the best time for Jackson to insist that they "define" their relationship?
And why is Ryan pushing Bianca to get married on Valentine's Day, even though she wants to postpone it? Her brother just died and her sister is in the recovery room after a heart transplant. Is this REALLY the best time to force her to deal with her ambivalence about marrying Reese? I think it's perfectly reasonable for her to postpone the wedding for a while, given ALL the circumstances. Why doesn't he just STFU? He and Greenlee can go ahead and have their ridiculous, nauseating wedding and have their wedding and anniversary all to themselves (because no one else ever thinks of getting married on Valentine's Day). What an ASS!
Am I the only one surprised that Reese didn't topple over when Zach handed Spike over to her, given that she already had Ian on the other arm?
JAR stumbles off the dock and into the frigid water. Amanda, unable to summon help quickly, takes off her coat and jumps in to save him. I'm predicting that she will get hypothermia and be in danger of losing the baby, which will prompt her to decide that she DOES want the baby after all. Maybe THIS was what the coat thing was about -- they needed to stress how cold it is.
Robin "otherwise, why would it ever occur to anyone that a body of water in Pennsylvania in January might be a tad on the chilly side?" Coutellier
Is it cold in the studio? For once the women, (and men) except for Bianca and Reese, are wearing coats, and they're INSIDE the hospital. Where are the usual spaghetti straps? Erica's even rubbing her arms through the sleeves, although that can be attributed to feeling desolate over the situation.
Amanda comes right out and tells Jake that she's getting an abortion. Wow, times HAVE changed! She didn't say she was not going through with the pregnancy or that she's going to have a procedure or that she's going to terminate the pregnancy -- she actually used the word ABORTION!
Erica's son was shot, declared braindead, and his heart was transplanted into her daughter. Is this REALLY the best time for Jackson to insist that they "define" their relationship?
And why is Ryan pushing Bianca to get married on Valentine's Day, even though she wants to postpone it? Her brother just died and her sister is in the recovery room after a heart transplant. Is this REALLY the best time to force her to deal with her ambivalence about marrying Reese? I think it's perfectly reasonable for her to postpone the wedding for a while, given ALL the circumstances. Why doesn't he just STFU? He and Greenlee can go ahead and have their ridiculous, nauseating wedding and have their wedding and anniversary all to themselves (because no one else ever thinks of getting married on Valentine's Day). What an ASS!
Am I the only one surprised that Reese didn't topple over when Zach handed Spike over to her, given that she already had Ian on the other arm?
JAR stumbles off the dock and into the frigid water. Amanda, unable to summon help quickly, takes off her coat and jumps in to save him. I'm predicting that she will get hypothermia and be in danger of losing the baby, which will prompt her to decide that she DOES want the baby after all. Maybe THIS was what the coat thing was about -- they needed to stress how cold it is.
Robin "otherwise, why would it ever occur to anyone that a body of water in Pennsylvania in January might be a tad on the chilly side?" Coutellier
Sunday, December 7, 2008
BC - Thu, 12/4/08
That Christmas music at the beginning of the show was really annoying. It was downright frenetic and they kept playing the same notes over and over and over as if a needle was stuck on an old vinyl record.
Jesus, that is a MAMMOTH ring Greenlee is wearing! It looks more like a saucer than a piece of jewelry!
Is there something wrong with Greenlee's hearing? She should have heard Ryan walking right behind her in the room.
Are they brushing Kendall's teeth, along with putting on lipstick (and makeup), plucking her eyebrows and washing and styling her hair? She's probably getting various body parts waxed, too. I'm kind of surprised she's not wearing dangly earrings and spaghetti-strapped tops. If they pull the blanket down, will we see her wearing stiletto heels? I'd love to see Kendall wake up to discover not only that her sister has given birth to her husband's baby, but that, while she was in a coma, someone had pierced her eyebrows, nose and chin, albeit with semi-precious stones and gold hoops.
Since none of the syrupy sweet-talking and babying is waking Kendall up, maybe they should go the route of Poltergeist and have someone sternly tell her to pay attention and WAKE UP - NOW! No sooner did I type that than Bianca tells Zach that Erica is telling Kendall to "Snap to!". Of course, that's not what Erica is doing.
LOD:
Erica to Greenlee: "Well, you DO tend to live in an 'All Greenlee, All The Time Universe ...'"
It's true, but talk about the Pot calling the Kettle black!
Why are Randi and Frankie doing their pre- and post-ice skating stuff in the boathouse? That is supposed to be done in the PUMPhouse. Now that I think of it, though, perhaps the boathouse and the pumphouse should share their duties AND their name -- the boathouse certainly has seen more pumping action than a Saudi oil well.
Robin "Is Aidan going to do his New Years Eve dip off the dock of the boathouse again this year? " Coutellier
Jesus, that is a MAMMOTH ring Greenlee is wearing! It looks more like a saucer than a piece of jewelry!
Is there something wrong with Greenlee's hearing? She should have heard Ryan walking right behind her in the room.
Are they brushing Kendall's teeth, along with putting on lipstick (and makeup), plucking her eyebrows and washing and styling her hair? She's probably getting various body parts waxed, too. I'm kind of surprised she's not wearing dangly earrings and spaghetti-strapped tops. If they pull the blanket down, will we see her wearing stiletto heels? I'd love to see Kendall wake up to discover not only that her sister has given birth to her husband's baby, but that, while she was in a coma, someone had pierced her eyebrows, nose and chin, albeit with semi-precious stones and gold hoops.
Since none of the syrupy sweet-talking and babying is waking Kendall up, maybe they should go the route of Poltergeist and have someone sternly tell her to pay attention and WAKE UP - NOW! No sooner did I type that than Bianca tells Zach that Erica is telling Kendall to "Snap to!". Of course, that's not what Erica is doing.
LOD:
Erica to Greenlee: "Well, you DO tend to live in an 'All Greenlee, All The Time Universe ...'"
It's true, but talk about the Pot calling the Kettle black!
Why are Randi and Frankie doing their pre- and post-ice skating stuff in the boathouse? That is supposed to be done in the PUMPhouse. Now that I think of it, though, perhaps the boathouse and the pumphouse should share their duties AND their name -- the boathouse certainly has seen more pumping action than a Saudi oil well.
Robin "Is Aidan going to do his New Years Eve dip off the dock of the boathouse again this year? " Coutellier
Monday, September 15, 2008
BC - Wed, 9/10/08
Yeah, I'm about 3 days behind, but I'm getting there ...
Does Delamont County have any meaning to Pennsylvanians? Upon hearing about Josh, Greenlee jokingly asked Kendall if Josh was scattered all over it.
I don't know why Greenlee and Kendall are surprised about the bruises on Annie's arms that she's deceitfully blaming on Ryan -- God knows Ryan has grabbed both of THEM hard enough to leave bruises, and that's when he's being LOVING. I think it's TOTALLY believable that he would do that.
While I'm sure damage (and possibly even death) can result from being stabbed by a pair of Fiskers, they just don't really have that murderous cachet that nice old fashioned HEAVY STEEL scissors had. I mean, even if they were really dull and the screw was a little loose, you could probably give someone a slight concussion from the sheer (sheer -- okay, that's funny, even if it's just for ME) weight of them! A pair of Fiskers can barely hold a piece of paper down on a table-top when the fan flows in that direction, although that IS one of the BIGGEST pairs of Fiskers I've ever seen (what the hell are they cutting in that office that they need such a long pair of scissors?)
Richie is TOTALLY stealing the scene every time he and Annie are together! And he looks like he's having a lot of fun doing it!
Why arent't there screens on the bedroom window where Annie and Emma are sleeping at the Chandler mansion? Jesus, they must be being eaten alive by mosquitoes at night!
So then Annie lurks outside Greenlee's living room window. Greenlee doesn't have any screens on HER windows, either. Are times really THAT bad that rich people can't afford screens? And how is it that Annie can lurk outside a window to the PENTHOUSE?
Annie got a restraining order against Ryan, so what does Ryan do? Does he call a lawyer? No. Does he get anyone ELSE to intervene on his behalf? No -- he shows up, spitting mad and DEMANDING to see her, just like every OTHER hot-headed, abusive S.O. who ignores restraining orders. We usually read about them the next day when they are either arrested for murder (attempted or complete) or found dead after killing his S.O. and any other family members (including his own children) that have the bad luck to be in the vicinity.
I'm not sure in whom I'm more disappointed: Kendall for blatantly using sex to get Zach's full attention, distract him and force him to mellow and bond with her, or Zach for falling for it. OTOH, at least temporarily, she DID at least get him to think about something other than getting back at Josh for a few minutes; it's hard to be really angry when you've just had an orgasm, and it takes at least 5-10 minutes to stop feeling so mellow, and they didn't really get any cuddle-time on the edge of the desk, so it would probably take even less time for Zach to recover his wits.
Robin "Kendall's tailbone will probably require a doughnut pillow after that" Coutellier
Does Delamont County have any meaning to Pennsylvanians? Upon hearing about Josh, Greenlee jokingly asked Kendall if Josh was scattered all over it.
I don't know why Greenlee and Kendall are surprised about the bruises on Annie's arms that she's deceitfully blaming on Ryan -- God knows Ryan has grabbed both of THEM hard enough to leave bruises, and that's when he's being LOVING. I think it's TOTALLY believable that he would do that.
While I'm sure damage (and possibly even death) can result from being stabbed by a pair of Fiskers, they just don't really have that murderous cachet that nice old fashioned HEAVY STEEL scissors had. I mean, even if they were really dull and the screw was a little loose, you could probably give someone a slight concussion from the sheer (sheer -- okay, that's funny, even if it's just for ME) weight of them! A pair of Fiskers can barely hold a piece of paper down on a table-top when the fan flows in that direction, although that IS one of the BIGGEST pairs of Fiskers I've ever seen (what the hell are they cutting in that office that they need such a long pair of scissors?)
Richie is TOTALLY stealing the scene every time he and Annie are together! And he looks like he's having a lot of fun doing it!
Why arent't there screens on the bedroom window where Annie and Emma are sleeping at the Chandler mansion? Jesus, they must be being eaten alive by mosquitoes at night!
So then Annie lurks outside Greenlee's living room window. Greenlee doesn't have any screens on HER windows, either. Are times really THAT bad that rich people can't afford screens? And how is it that Annie can lurk outside a window to the PENTHOUSE?
Annie got a restraining order against Ryan, so what does Ryan do? Does he call a lawyer? No. Does he get anyone ELSE to intervene on his behalf? No -- he shows up, spitting mad and DEMANDING to see her, just like every OTHER hot-headed, abusive S.O. who ignores restraining orders. We usually read about them the next day when they are either arrested for murder (attempted or complete) or found dead after killing his S.O. and any other family members (including his own children) that have the bad luck to be in the vicinity.
I'm not sure in whom I'm more disappointed: Kendall for blatantly using sex to get Zach's full attention, distract him and force him to mellow and bond with her, or Zach for falling for it. OTOH, at least temporarily, she DID at least get him to think about something other than getting back at Josh for a few minutes; it's hard to be really angry when you've just had an orgasm, and it takes at least 5-10 minutes to stop feeling so mellow, and they didn't really get any cuddle-time on the edge of the desk, so it would probably take even less time for Zach to recover his wits.
Robin "Kendall's tailbone will probably require a doughnut pillow after that" Coutellier
Friday, September 12, 2008
BC - Tue, 9/9/08, Part Two
Continuing with my full update of Tuesday's episode ...
AMANDA'S YACHT
Frankie walks into the bedroom where Taylor is sitting on the edge of a bed that's so short it HAS to be made for a 3-yr-old. She picks up something (a container of some sort) to throw at the intruder. He tells her to take it easy and thinks she may be going for her piece. She counters by asking him what he was thinking busting in on her like that. [I want to know why he busted in on her, too. He never heard of knocking, even on a yacht? How about just yelling? He says she should be resting her foot.
Taylor recovers from Frankie's rude arrival and tells him he looks like crap. He informs her of his redeployment orders. Taylor is overcome with joy on his behalf, calling him a lucky bastard and throwing herself into his arms to punctuate her congratulations on his exceptional good fortune. She then gives him an extra jerky hug that makes me wonder if she was trying to crack his back or if she just needed a quick grind. Frankie doesn't look NEARLY as happy about his news as she is.
Taylor brings them some bottles of ... whatever [Pine Valley Beer?] to celebrate. She is SOOOO psyched for him and his fantastic good luck! She wants him to tell her ALL about it! He said he doesn't know yet -- he just got the papers and he had to peel his mom off the ceiling. She dismisses that as irrelevant -- you know how civilians are. He laments that his dad just rejoined the living and now he has to turn around and say see ya later, Pop? She says Jesse is a cop who gets it and he'll have Frankie's back, so it's all cool. She says SHE should be deployed with him and they could go together -- he should go to her doc and INSIST on it -- it would be PERFECT!
Frankie looks at Taylor like she's out of her mind and taps on his temple, saying: "Migraine! Right HERE!" [I'm thinking that if were REALLY a migraine, he wouldn't be tapping on it] He did his tour of duty -- it's DONE and he should have to go again. She tells him to stop making it sound like prison -- she HATES that! He grouses that he has a LIFE here. He says he can't talk to anyone about it because all they want to do is fix it for him. She surmises that he then came to her because he knew she would kick him in the ass and tell him to GET ON THAT PLANE! He says he came to her because she was the only one that was there with him. He says he is DONE -- INSIDE! No more guns, not more killing, no more heat, no more dust, no more seeing our guys -- OUR GUYS -- coming back with no arms, no legs, no lower intestines -- he's DONE! He does NOT want to go back to war!
Taylor stares at Frankie. It's the kind of look you give someone when you are trying to convey that they KNOW what they have to do. Frankie tells her to just STOP it. She gets up from the bed and asks him what she's supposed to stop. Stop telling him that this is a job? That this is why God BLESSED him with Brains and POWER and common sense so that he could be over there saving his brothers' lives! Frankie: "My discharge papers said I was DONE." She asks if the guys that are still there don't deserve to have him with them. Taylor: "THIS is the JOB! They give us orders and WE follow them! They tell us 'You're going' and we say 'Yes SIR!' Why don't you just SUCK IT UP and acknowledge that you have the HONOR of serving your COUNTRY?" He says it was an honor that was fulfilled -- he's SERVED his country. She proudly asserts that he now has the privilege of doing it again. Frankie tells her to just make sure she stays off that foot, and then he leaves. Taylor stares after him.
Taylor hears noises outside (it sounds like boats rocking against the dock, or something like that). She again flashes back to the sounds of bombs, missiles and guns going off. She holds out her hand and cannot keep it from shaking. She winces and hears the sound of a woman (herself?) screaming. She holds her hands over her ears to stop the noise.
PINE VALLEY HOSPITAL
Ignoring the rules about cellphones in hospitals, Jesse gives some vague orders to someone, presumably one of his officers. Angie and the statuesque nurse walk up. The nurse departs and Angie, now calm, notes that he waited. She reiterates how much she hates the danger Frankie will face and wonders how it is that she's so afraid, yet Jesse is so calm. Jesse quips that Frankie gets it from HIM (referring to her blaming him earlier for Frankie being so willing to go back). Angie apologizes, saying she didn't mean it. Jesse said she DID mean it, and that's okay -- Frankie is a SOLDIER -- when orders come in, you have to comply -- that's the way it works. He's sorry he wasn't there when the papers came in, though. She said the papers came in like a ton of bricks. Angie starts to tear up again.
Angie wonders where Jesse was when the papers DID come in -- she had called him at the station because she thought he was supposed to be there. [What, she's never heard of a cellphone -- he was using it when she walked up to him] Jesse remembers a conversation. We hear him saying "You're right -- we have to meet." He then tells Angie that there are other things he hasn't told her. She gently urges him to tell her now.
After a slight interruption for hospital business, Angie again asks Jesse to tell her where he was when she called. He hems and haws a bit, then pulls her out of the corridor and into a room. He says when he was gone (committed), he would see the staff in white and he would imagine HER. With tears glistening in her eyes, she takes his hands and tells him he doesn't have to tell the world about his breakdown. She tells him she aches for him, but he SURVIVED all those years and got himself help; she's proud of him and how he hung on. Jess looks like he's going to break into tears at any moment. She says she thanks GOD for those doctors and nurses and ANYONE who kept him in one piece in the last 20 years. They kept him strong so he could come back to them!
Jesse reluctantly says that after he told her about that time he didn't go to the station like he said he would. [Now HE looks like the one with a migraine] She says that if he needs her to help deal with the memories, she wants to, but if he needs time, he should take it and then come back to her. She lovingly kisses his cheek and they hug.
Angie wishes she wasn't so ANGRY. Jesse says she gets angry when she's scared -- Frankie knows that and knows that she loves him. She nods and starts to cry. She moves like she's trying not to pee her pants as she says she's just SO SCARED! She just wants to shout to the Army, to the President: "LEAVE MY SON ALONE!!!" Jesse bends down to her level and tells her that if Frankie goes, he'll (Jesse) will be there with her this time. They'll email and send packages and put up a big WELCOME HOME sign when he comes back home. She sniffles and nods, trying to reassure herself that he WILL come home. Jesse agains says that he'll be there WITH her. They hug some more.
CHANDLER MANSION
Petey, still dressed in his formal clothes (sans jacket) throws pebbles (or rocks) at Colby's window. [Given the way he's throwing them and the noises them make, I vote for rocks] Annie suddenly starts to open the patio doors from the inside and Petey quickly takes cover behind a retaining wall. She walks over to some prominently displayed green lilies growing off to the side and then inexplicably shrugs out of her robe and lets it drop to the ground. Presumably she is now naked. She sashays over to the pool and jumps or dives in. Petey watches, open-mouthed. If I'm not mistaken, he's also displaying a slight sheen of sweat.
A while later she exits the water and puts her robe back on, sniffling from the water. Considering that her makeup is entirely intact, I'm not really buying the "just out of the pool" thing. Petey sneezes, startling her. She wheels and demands to know who is there. He steps out, looking sheepish. He says it's just him and not to worry, he SWEARS he did not see her swimming naked. She narrows her eyes as she walks over to him and asks: "Then how did you know I was swimming naked?" He says he saw her walk out and when she suddenly took off her robe he panicked and dove into the bushes. She has an "Oh REALLY?" look on her face. He doesn't want her to think he's some kind of sicko or anything. Her look now says: "Uh-huh. Riiiiiiiight ..." He nervously says he was just chillen there. He sucks his finger and sticks it in the air, saying it's nice weather. He stops babbling and begs her not to think he's some kind of weirdo. She takes pity on him and tells him that it's okay and she believes him. He's surprised (and relieved). She smells the lilies some more and then says he's probably wishing it was Colby. He laughs and says not, Colby's not CRAZY enough to get naked and ... [oops] ""No--uh-- no--Not that it's 'crazy'!", he stammers. She patiently tells him that it's okay and she won't tell anyone he's out there. [At this point I'm thinking she SAW him out there and deliberately staged the whole thing for his benefit.
Annie playfully slaps Petey on the arm (or possibly his hip -- it's hard to tell) and notes that he's really into Colby, but she guesses Colby is NOT on his wavelength. He says no, but she IS, deep down. She won't admit it, but she's TOTALLY in denial. He candidly says: "What girl is going to admit she likes the nerd?" He says that's HIM -- he's the guy you call when your computer has a meltdown, not when you want a hot night out. He earnestly says it's tough when you WANT someone and you KNOW they want you, but their just resisting it, you know? Annie nods and says she does. She leans forward and tells him to stick with her advice -- whatever he does, do NOT give up. She smiles.
Annie paces and says sometimes people deny their feelings because they don't have faith in themselves. Petey asks how you convince them. She smiles and says you have to give them a little push to make them realize that you're the one that they want. He says he gets the metaphor, but, in practice, how does he push Colby? She sits, makes some sounds like a scolding squirrel for a moment, and then suggests that he surprise her. Inspired, she takes off his glasses and says he looks like a whole new man. He says he wouldn't know -- he's as blind as a bat without the glasses and contacts just make his eyes look red and scary-looking. She assures him that he looks Very, VERY attractive without them. He says he'd be risking his life walking around without them (he waves his hands in front of him, presumably indicating he can't even see them). She nods and says that sometimes you have to take that chance. She slaps him again and tells him good night and good luck with Colby. She goes back in. Dazed, he thanks her. He tries to find his glasses and has to get on his knees to feel around for them on the table. Fortunately for him she didn't take them with her.
A little while later, Annie goes into her room, running her hands through her wet hair. She's surpised to find Richie still on her bed. He mimics every sappy romance plot every written and, sounding like a cheerleader, says: "When it comes to LOVE, sometimes you just gotta take a CHANCE!" Then he says: "Pardon me while I blow CHUNKS all over this room!" [LOL!] He wants to know why she keeps hanging around with that little twit -- she already has the bruises she needs; lucky for her that she turns black and blue with the softest grip, because Opal's little pansy son couldn't cause any real damage. She takes a deep breath and says it's all part of the plan. She needs to get everything set up right with Ryan so that when Greenlee dies, he'll cry in her arms at the funeral. She looks quite please with herself.
SOMEWHERE OUTSIDE
Ryan is sitting on his hog yanking his helmet off as his cellphone rings. He looks at the display, answers it and says he's not in the mood. Then he says: "Don't say life or death unless you mean it."
ZACH'S CASINO
Zach asks a minion with an exceptionally well-shaved head why they haven't found Josh yet. The minion says they have six teams looking for him and they WILL find him. Zach instructs them as to places to look, including Erica's suite at the Yacht Club. Erica walks in and informs him that the Yacht Club is HER territory, and if he goes near HER suite, Security will just toss him out right on his ear. [if it's the same security company that handles the rest of the places in Pine Valley, they'll probably open his car door and CARRY him into her suite. Zach dismisses his minion (who is probably the BOSS of whatever team Zach has to go out and kill people, so it's not like he's a total peon). [The bald guy looks odd. I wonder if maybe he doesn't have any eyebrows like Ed Begley Jr's character on Arrested Development. Really, his head is SOOO smooth that I wonder if he has some sort of alopecia condition. As he leaves the room, I realize that he just has REALLY blonde or grayish-white eyebrows and probably the same color lashes.]
Zach greets Erica and politely asks her how he can help her. She says he's mighty calm for someone who is so bent on revenge. He tells her that whatever she thinks she knows about the casino business, Josh did what he did and it's on his head now. She asks him if he thinks it's wise to take on his wife's entire family. He says Josh isn't going to hide behind Erica or Kendall forever -- he started this battle and he WILL lose. Steely-eyed, she tells him to think again.
Zach offers Erica a beverage. She reminds him that the topic is her son. He says the topic is done and there's no room for discussion. She ridicules him, saying "WHO does that work on? Of COURSE there'll be DISCUSSION -- we are discussing MY SON, Josh -- leave him alone!" Zach reminds her that Josh stole from him, which means that Josh stole from her daughter. She says that's not the point. He says no it's not, because it's not HER company. He says that when she started New Beginnings and hired Josh as the new producer and he wanted her out of the way, HE (Zach) got the point -- he got STABBED, remember? She takes a moment to collect herself and says that THAT was a mistake, and if he's looking to blame someone, he should blame HER [well, she WAS the one wielding the knife (with LIME JUICE on it, to boot -- that HAD to sting!), and if he's so hellbent on punishing someone, there she is. He says it has nothing to do with her -- his problem is with Josh, who is a big boy and can handle it. He walks away.
Erica turns and switches from a tough attitude to a beseeching one. She says she and he share a very special bond -- they both LOVE Kendall and the boys -- it's a bond that's almost impossible to break. But if he goes after Josh, he WILL break that bond. Zach says his job is to protect this family. She blurts out that Josh is PART of his family! He disagrees. Josh betrayed him -- he's not family anymore.
A little while later Zach is ushering a administrative person out of his office and he shuts the door. Erica asks him if the woman has any idea of the kind of man she works for. He says he made Josh his right-hand man. Zach has some trust issues, so Erica must know that wasn't easy for him. Erica: "And then he stole from you." Zach drinks more whiskey and says: "We agree on SOMETHING." Erica says that whether Josh did or didn't do it, it's irrelevant. Zach is surprised. He says she and Kendall have that same bizarre perspective and he doesn't even know what that MEANS. She whirls and asks if she has to BEG him. Does he respond to threats, maybe? He wants to know why everyone wants to threaten him -- what did HE do? He says that Kendall is talking about taking the kids and he hopes she reconsiders, because their family is the MOST important thing to him. [He's sounding more like Michael Corleone by the minute] He asks what HER threat is.
Erica says that love makes concessions and love TRIES to understand. Zach thinks a moment and then says that what she feels for Josh is not LOVE -- it's GUILT. She narrows her eyes [there it is AGAIN] and rears back, saying he has NO IDEA how she feels! He points out that she spent a lot more years without him than with him and he thinks she'll survive. She tells him he's gone too far. He's gone too far in the past and the repercussions NEVER end. So who or WHAT is going to get destroyed in the bargain THIS time? His relationship with Kendall? Zach says that's ENOUGH. He'll deal with Josh HIMSELF.
THE YACHT CLUB
Kendall fingers her cellphone as Josh tells her that they don't have time for this because Zach's thugs are probably on their way over there. There's a knock at the door. Kendall closes her phone and goes for the door. Josh [foolishly, IMO] is standing in front of louvered doors to the outside. He dives for the little room to hide. Kendall opens the door to find Ryan. He saunters in and asks what's wrong. Josh walks out of the little room and informs Ryan that Zach tried to have Aidan killed in the southern Sudan and he's next. Ryan asks what he did to Zach. Josh asks if it matters. Kendall chimes in that it was something really bad -- so huge that she might not forgive him. Ryan really doesn't give a flying f**k and asks why HE'S there. Kendall juts her chin toward Josh and says: "Because you can't betray family and think life will just GO ON." Josh: "WHAT??? Are you SELLING ME OUT???" Kendall turns back to Ryan and says she needs him to help make Josh disappear. They all take turns staring at each other.
Josh tells Kendall that they DON'T need Ryan in this. Kendall says they don't know what Zach's goons will do to to impress Zach. She waves her arms around. [All I can think of is what perfect targets they are since you can see floor to ceiling through all the louvered doors and windows which take up at least two walls. It's nighttime, the room is brightly lit and they appear to be on the first floor (I don't know if there ARE any higher floors). I keep thinking of that scene in Godfather II when Michael and Kay are shot at in their bedroom at Lake Tahoe (and their lights were OFF). She says that if he goes out there alone, she can't protect him -- they NEED Ryan! She walks over to Ryan and asks if he can do for Josh what Zach once did for HIM (i.e., fake his death and make it possible to start a new life with a new identity). Ryan thinks for a moment and says no. Ryan has been completely calm and much more low-key than usual for the entire show.
Josh blows up and says they are doing this on purpose to stall him so that Zach's goons will have time to come and get him. Ryan rolls his eyes and says he can work most of it himself, but he'll need somebody with a few more connections, like maybe Tad. Josh shakes his head and says "NO! NO WAY! NOT TAD!" [I'm guessing this has to do with the fact that he KNOWS Tad was the one who buried Greg Madden alive] Ryan calmly (he really doesn't seem to give a shit whether Josh gets out of this or not) says: "Wow, you're asking a lot, aren't ya?" Greenlee suggests Aidan. Ryan gives her an "Are you f**king KIDDING me?" look. She says she doesn't CARE what Aidan did to Ryan's face. Josh is being a really asshole about all of this. He snidely tells Kendall: "If Hubby finds out, you might be the NEXT one off to the Sudan." Kendall narrows her eyes (there's a lot of that going on) as she walks over to him and says that HE turned on ZACH -- on THEM! If he ever, EVER implies again that her husband would HURT her ... Josh asks WHAT? She'll have him fitted for concrete shoes? He tells her to stand in line. She points out that they don't HAVE to save his ass -- they can hand him right over to Zach and forget they ever knew him. He looks searchingly at her and says: "Can you?"
A while later, Erica and Zach walk into her suite at the Yacht Club. Erica is surprised to see Kendall and Ryan there, and Zach demands to know where Josh is. Kendall says he's somewhere where Zach can't find him [I'm thinking the potted plant behind her] Erica can't believe they just let him leave. Ryan gives her his word that Josh is perfectly safe [maybe he's in the safe]. Zach says this is NOT a game. Ryan, still acting like he doesn't particularly give a flying f**k, says that's why Zach won't be able to track him down. Looking determined, Zach says that Ryan made a mistake. He walks away and makes a phone call. Erica is dismayed that she was unable to say goodbye to Josh. Ryan asks Zach if he wants restitution for what Josh took from him. Zach: "Yeah. And I'll GET it." Ryan: "Yeah. But not from Josh. You'll get it from me."
Robin "and now back to your semi-regularly scheduled Boogie Chillens" Coutellier
AMANDA'S YACHT
Frankie walks into the bedroom where Taylor is sitting on the edge of a bed that's so short it HAS to be made for a 3-yr-old. She picks up something (a container of some sort) to throw at the intruder. He tells her to take it easy and thinks she may be going for her piece. She counters by asking him what he was thinking busting in on her like that. [I want to know why he busted in on her, too. He never heard of knocking, even on a yacht? How about just yelling? He says she should be resting her foot.
Taylor recovers from Frankie's rude arrival and tells him he looks like crap. He informs her of his redeployment orders. Taylor is overcome with joy on his behalf, calling him a lucky bastard and throwing herself into his arms to punctuate her congratulations on his exceptional good fortune. She then gives him an extra jerky hug that makes me wonder if she was trying to crack his back or if she just needed a quick grind. Frankie doesn't look NEARLY as happy about his news as she is.
Taylor brings them some bottles of ... whatever [Pine Valley Beer?] to celebrate. She is SOOOO psyched for him and his fantastic good luck! She wants him to tell her ALL about it! He said he doesn't know yet -- he just got the papers and he had to peel his mom off the ceiling. She dismisses that as irrelevant -- you know how civilians are. He laments that his dad just rejoined the living and now he has to turn around and say see ya later, Pop? She says Jesse is a cop who gets it and he'll have Frankie's back, so it's all cool. She says SHE should be deployed with him and they could go together -- he should go to her doc and INSIST on it -- it would be PERFECT!
Frankie looks at Taylor like she's out of her mind and taps on his temple, saying: "Migraine! Right HERE!" [I'm thinking that if were REALLY a migraine, he wouldn't be tapping on it] He did his tour of duty -- it's DONE and he should have to go again. She tells him to stop making it sound like prison -- she HATES that! He grouses that he has a LIFE here. He says he can't talk to anyone about it because all they want to do is fix it for him. She surmises that he then came to her because he knew she would kick him in the ass and tell him to GET ON THAT PLANE! He says he came to her because she was the only one that was there with him. He says he is DONE -- INSIDE! No more guns, not more killing, no more heat, no more dust, no more seeing our guys -- OUR GUYS -- coming back with no arms, no legs, no lower intestines -- he's DONE! He does NOT want to go back to war!
Taylor stares at Frankie. It's the kind of look you give someone when you are trying to convey that they KNOW what they have to do. Frankie tells her to just STOP it. She gets up from the bed and asks him what she's supposed to stop. Stop telling him that this is a job? That this is why God BLESSED him with Brains and POWER and common sense so that he could be over there saving his brothers' lives! Frankie: "My discharge papers said I was DONE." She asks if the guys that are still there don't deserve to have him with them. Taylor: "THIS is the JOB! They give us orders and WE follow them! They tell us 'You're going' and we say 'Yes SIR!' Why don't you just SUCK IT UP and acknowledge that you have the HONOR of serving your COUNTRY?" He says it was an honor that was fulfilled -- he's SERVED his country. She proudly asserts that he now has the privilege of doing it again. Frankie tells her to just make sure she stays off that foot, and then he leaves. Taylor stares after him.
Taylor hears noises outside (it sounds like boats rocking against the dock, or something like that). She again flashes back to the sounds of bombs, missiles and guns going off. She holds out her hand and cannot keep it from shaking. She winces and hears the sound of a woman (herself?) screaming. She holds her hands over her ears to stop the noise.
PINE VALLEY HOSPITAL
Ignoring the rules about cellphones in hospitals, Jesse gives some vague orders to someone, presumably one of his officers. Angie and the statuesque nurse walk up. The nurse departs and Angie, now calm, notes that he waited. She reiterates how much she hates the danger Frankie will face and wonders how it is that she's so afraid, yet Jesse is so calm. Jesse quips that Frankie gets it from HIM (referring to her blaming him earlier for Frankie being so willing to go back). Angie apologizes, saying she didn't mean it. Jesse said she DID mean it, and that's okay -- Frankie is a SOLDIER -- when orders come in, you have to comply -- that's the way it works. He's sorry he wasn't there when the papers came in, though. She said the papers came in like a ton of bricks. Angie starts to tear up again.
Angie wonders where Jesse was when the papers DID come in -- she had called him at the station because she thought he was supposed to be there. [What, she's never heard of a cellphone -- he was using it when she walked up to him] Jesse remembers a conversation. We hear him saying "You're right -- we have to meet." He then tells Angie that there are other things he hasn't told her. She gently urges him to tell her now.
After a slight interruption for hospital business, Angie again asks Jesse to tell her where he was when she called. He hems and haws a bit, then pulls her out of the corridor and into a room. He says when he was gone (committed), he would see the staff in white and he would imagine HER. With tears glistening in her eyes, she takes his hands and tells him he doesn't have to tell the world about his breakdown. She tells him she aches for him, but he SURVIVED all those years and got himself help; she's proud of him and how he hung on. Jess looks like he's going to break into tears at any moment. She says she thanks GOD for those doctors and nurses and ANYONE who kept him in one piece in the last 20 years. They kept him strong so he could come back to them!
Jesse reluctantly says that after he told her about that time he didn't go to the station like he said he would. [Now HE looks like the one with a migraine] She says that if he needs her to help deal with the memories, she wants to, but if he needs time, he should take it and then come back to her. She lovingly kisses his cheek and they hug.
Angie wishes she wasn't so ANGRY. Jesse says she gets angry when she's scared -- Frankie knows that and knows that she loves him. She nods and starts to cry. She moves like she's trying not to pee her pants as she says she's just SO SCARED! She just wants to shout to the Army, to the President: "LEAVE MY SON ALONE!!!" Jesse bends down to her level and tells her that if Frankie goes, he'll (Jesse) will be there with her this time. They'll email and send packages and put up a big WELCOME HOME sign when he comes back home. She sniffles and nods, trying to reassure herself that he WILL come home. Jesse agains says that he'll be there WITH her. They hug some more.
CHANDLER MANSION
Petey, still dressed in his formal clothes (sans jacket) throws pebbles (or rocks) at Colby's window. [Given the way he's throwing them and the noises them make, I vote for rocks] Annie suddenly starts to open the patio doors from the inside and Petey quickly takes cover behind a retaining wall. She walks over to some prominently displayed green lilies growing off to the side and then inexplicably shrugs out of her robe and lets it drop to the ground. Presumably she is now naked. She sashays over to the pool and jumps or dives in. Petey watches, open-mouthed. If I'm not mistaken, he's also displaying a slight sheen of sweat.
A while later she exits the water and puts her robe back on, sniffling from the water. Considering that her makeup is entirely intact, I'm not really buying the "just out of the pool" thing. Petey sneezes, startling her. She wheels and demands to know who is there. He steps out, looking sheepish. He says it's just him and not to worry, he SWEARS he did not see her swimming naked. She narrows her eyes as she walks over to him and asks: "Then how did you know I was swimming naked?" He says he saw her walk out and when she suddenly took off her robe he panicked and dove into the bushes. She has an "Oh REALLY?" look on her face. He doesn't want her to think he's some kind of sicko or anything. Her look now says: "Uh-huh. Riiiiiiiight ..." He nervously says he was just chillen there. He sucks his finger and sticks it in the air, saying it's nice weather. He stops babbling and begs her not to think he's some kind of weirdo. She takes pity on him and tells him that it's okay and she believes him. He's surprised (and relieved). She smells the lilies some more and then says he's probably wishing it was Colby. He laughs and says not, Colby's not CRAZY enough to get naked and ... [oops] ""No--uh-- no--Not that it's 'crazy'!", he stammers. She patiently tells him that it's okay and she won't tell anyone he's out there. [At this point I'm thinking she SAW him out there and deliberately staged the whole thing for his benefit.
Annie playfully slaps Petey on the arm (or possibly his hip -- it's hard to tell) and notes that he's really into Colby, but she guesses Colby is NOT on his wavelength. He says no, but she IS, deep down. She won't admit it, but she's TOTALLY in denial. He candidly says: "What girl is going to admit she likes the nerd?" He says that's HIM -- he's the guy you call when your computer has a meltdown, not when you want a hot night out. He earnestly says it's tough when you WANT someone and you KNOW they want you, but their just resisting it, you know? Annie nods and says she does. She leans forward and tells him to stick with her advice -- whatever he does, do NOT give up. She smiles.
Annie paces and says sometimes people deny their feelings because they don't have faith in themselves. Petey asks how you convince them. She smiles and says you have to give them a little push to make them realize that you're the one that they want. He says he gets the metaphor, but, in practice, how does he push Colby? She sits, makes some sounds like a scolding squirrel for a moment, and then suggests that he surprise her. Inspired, she takes off his glasses and says he looks like a whole new man. He says he wouldn't know -- he's as blind as a bat without the glasses and contacts just make his eyes look red and scary-looking. She assures him that he looks Very, VERY attractive without them. He says he'd be risking his life walking around without them (he waves his hands in front of him, presumably indicating he can't even see them). She nods and says that sometimes you have to take that chance. She slaps him again and tells him good night and good luck with Colby. She goes back in. Dazed, he thanks her. He tries to find his glasses and has to get on his knees to feel around for them on the table. Fortunately for him she didn't take them with her.
A little while later, Annie goes into her room, running her hands through her wet hair. She's surpised to find Richie still on her bed. He mimics every sappy romance plot every written and, sounding like a cheerleader, says: "When it comes to LOVE, sometimes you just gotta take a CHANCE!" Then he says: "Pardon me while I blow CHUNKS all over this room!" [LOL!] He wants to know why she keeps hanging around with that little twit -- she already has the bruises she needs; lucky for her that she turns black and blue with the softest grip, because Opal's little pansy son couldn't cause any real damage. She takes a deep breath and says it's all part of the plan. She needs to get everything set up right with Ryan so that when Greenlee dies, he'll cry in her arms at the funeral. She looks quite please with herself.
SOMEWHERE OUTSIDE
Ryan is sitting on his hog yanking his helmet off as his cellphone rings. He looks at the display, answers it and says he's not in the mood. Then he says: "Don't say life or death unless you mean it."
ZACH'S CASINO
Zach asks a minion with an exceptionally well-shaved head why they haven't found Josh yet. The minion says they have six teams looking for him and they WILL find him. Zach instructs them as to places to look, including Erica's suite at the Yacht Club. Erica walks in and informs him that the Yacht Club is HER territory, and if he goes near HER suite, Security will just toss him out right on his ear. [if it's the same security company that handles the rest of the places in Pine Valley, they'll probably open his car door and CARRY him into her suite. Zach dismisses his minion (who is probably the BOSS of whatever team Zach has to go out and kill people, so it's not like he's a total peon). [The bald guy looks odd. I wonder if maybe he doesn't have any eyebrows like Ed Begley Jr's character on Arrested Development. Really, his head is SOOO smooth that I wonder if he has some sort of alopecia condition. As he leaves the room, I realize that he just has REALLY blonde or grayish-white eyebrows and probably the same color lashes.]
Zach greets Erica and politely asks her how he can help her. She says he's mighty calm for someone who is so bent on revenge. He tells her that whatever she thinks she knows about the casino business, Josh did what he did and it's on his head now. She asks him if he thinks it's wise to take on his wife's entire family. He says Josh isn't going to hide behind Erica or Kendall forever -- he started this battle and he WILL lose. Steely-eyed, she tells him to think again.
Zach offers Erica a beverage. She reminds him that the topic is her son. He says the topic is done and there's no room for discussion. She ridicules him, saying "WHO does that work on? Of COURSE there'll be DISCUSSION -- we are discussing MY SON, Josh -- leave him alone!" Zach reminds her that Josh stole from him, which means that Josh stole from her daughter. She says that's not the point. He says no it's not, because it's not HER company. He says that when she started New Beginnings and hired Josh as the new producer and he wanted her out of the way, HE (Zach) got the point -- he got STABBED, remember? She takes a moment to collect herself and says that THAT was a mistake, and if he's looking to blame someone, he should blame HER [well, she WAS the one wielding the knife (with LIME JUICE on it, to boot -- that HAD to sting!), and if he's so hellbent on punishing someone, there she is. He says it has nothing to do with her -- his problem is with Josh, who is a big boy and can handle it. He walks away.
Erica turns and switches from a tough attitude to a beseeching one. She says she and he share a very special bond -- they both LOVE Kendall and the boys -- it's a bond that's almost impossible to break. But if he goes after Josh, he WILL break that bond. Zach says his job is to protect this family. She blurts out that Josh is PART of his family! He disagrees. Josh betrayed him -- he's not family anymore.
A little while later Zach is ushering a administrative person out of his office and he shuts the door. Erica asks him if the woman has any idea of the kind of man she works for. He says he made Josh his right-hand man. Zach has some trust issues, so Erica must know that wasn't easy for him. Erica: "And then he stole from you." Zach drinks more whiskey and says: "We agree on SOMETHING." Erica says that whether Josh did or didn't do it, it's irrelevant. Zach is surprised. He says she and Kendall have that same bizarre perspective and he doesn't even know what that MEANS. She whirls and asks if she has to BEG him. Does he respond to threats, maybe? He wants to know why everyone wants to threaten him -- what did HE do? He says that Kendall is talking about taking the kids and he hopes she reconsiders, because their family is the MOST important thing to him. [He's sounding more like Michael Corleone by the minute] He asks what HER threat is.
Erica says that love makes concessions and love TRIES to understand. Zach thinks a moment and then says that what she feels for Josh is not LOVE -- it's GUILT. She narrows her eyes [there it is AGAIN] and rears back, saying he has NO IDEA how she feels! He points out that she spent a lot more years without him than with him and he thinks she'll survive. She tells him he's gone too far. He's gone too far in the past and the repercussions NEVER end. So who or WHAT is going to get destroyed in the bargain THIS time? His relationship with Kendall? Zach says that's ENOUGH. He'll deal with Josh HIMSELF.
THE YACHT CLUB
Kendall fingers her cellphone as Josh tells her that they don't have time for this because Zach's thugs are probably on their way over there. There's a knock at the door. Kendall closes her phone and goes for the door. Josh [foolishly, IMO] is standing in front of louvered doors to the outside. He dives for the little room to hide. Kendall opens the door to find Ryan. He saunters in and asks what's wrong. Josh walks out of the little room and informs Ryan that Zach tried to have Aidan killed in the southern Sudan and he's next. Ryan asks what he did to Zach. Josh asks if it matters. Kendall chimes in that it was something really bad -- so huge that she might not forgive him. Ryan really doesn't give a flying f**k and asks why HE'S there. Kendall juts her chin toward Josh and says: "Because you can't betray family and think life will just GO ON." Josh: "WHAT??? Are you SELLING ME OUT???" Kendall turns back to Ryan and says she needs him to help make Josh disappear. They all take turns staring at each other.
Josh tells Kendall that they DON'T need Ryan in this. Kendall says they don't know what Zach's goons will do to to impress Zach. She waves her arms around. [All I can think of is what perfect targets they are since you can see floor to ceiling through all the louvered doors and windows which take up at least two walls. It's nighttime, the room is brightly lit and they appear to be on the first floor (I don't know if there ARE any higher floors). I keep thinking of that scene in Godfather II when Michael and Kay are shot at in their bedroom at Lake Tahoe (and their lights were OFF). She says that if he goes out there alone, she can't protect him -- they NEED Ryan! She walks over to Ryan and asks if he can do for Josh what Zach once did for HIM (i.e., fake his death and make it possible to start a new life with a new identity). Ryan thinks for a moment and says no. Ryan has been completely calm and much more low-key than usual for the entire show.
Josh blows up and says they are doing this on purpose to stall him so that Zach's goons will have time to come and get him. Ryan rolls his eyes and says he can work most of it himself, but he'll need somebody with a few more connections, like maybe Tad. Josh shakes his head and says "NO! NO WAY! NOT TAD!" [I'm guessing this has to do with the fact that he KNOWS Tad was the one who buried Greg Madden alive] Ryan calmly (he really doesn't seem to give a shit whether Josh gets out of this or not) says: "Wow, you're asking a lot, aren't ya?" Greenlee suggests Aidan. Ryan gives her an "Are you f**king KIDDING me?" look. She says she doesn't CARE what Aidan did to Ryan's face. Josh is being a really asshole about all of this. He snidely tells Kendall: "If Hubby finds out, you might be the NEXT one off to the Sudan." Kendall narrows her eyes (there's a lot of that going on) as she walks over to him and says that HE turned on ZACH -- on THEM! If he ever, EVER implies again that her husband would HURT her ... Josh asks WHAT? She'll have him fitted for concrete shoes? He tells her to stand in line. She points out that they don't HAVE to save his ass -- they can hand him right over to Zach and forget they ever knew him. He looks searchingly at her and says: "Can you?"
A while later, Erica and Zach walk into her suite at the Yacht Club. Erica is surprised to see Kendall and Ryan there, and Zach demands to know where Josh is. Kendall says he's somewhere where Zach can't find him [I'm thinking the potted plant behind her] Erica can't believe they just let him leave. Ryan gives her his word that Josh is perfectly safe [maybe he's in the safe]. Zach says this is NOT a game. Ryan, still acting like he doesn't particularly give a flying f**k, says that's why Zach won't be able to track him down. Looking determined, Zach says that Ryan made a mistake. He walks away and makes a phone call. Erica is dismayed that she was unable to say goodbye to Josh. Ryan asks Zach if he wants restitution for what Josh took from him. Zach: "Yeah. And I'll GET it." Ryan: "Yeah. But not from Josh. You'll get it from me."
Robin "and now back to your semi-regularly scheduled Boogie Chillens" Coutellier
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