Monday, October 5, 2009

BC - Thu, 10/1/09

I still don't get it. How is having people know you have cancer better having people think you are, once again, on a months-long alcoholic binge? Which looks worse as far as losing custody of your child?

Regarding David, Amanda tells Jake that she's not an idiot. He tells her that Krystal wasn't an idiot, and look what happened to HER. Uh, Krystal WAS/IS an idiot.

Robin "she's fallen into the 'too stupid to live' category on MANY occasions" Coutellier

Friday, October 2, 2009

BC - Wed, 9/30/09

Annie is going to the courthouse dressed like THAT? Oh wait, she had no idea she HAD a court date -- because she DIDN'T! Jesse just shows up on Adam's doorstep in the morning and informs her that he's there to take her to court for her first day of trial. In what universe do they not bother to TELL a defendant that they have to be in court for the beginning of their MURDER trial? Or is she on trial for one of her many kidnappings of her daughter? Or stabbing Erica Kane? No one thinks it might be considerate, if not prudent, to INFORM her of her court date so that she has time to, oh, I don't know, PREPARE for it?

I wouldn't blame Liza for a SECOND if she reports that Kendall is not really in prison. Liza would be in big trouble, herself, if she knew that and didn't report it, attorney-client privilege or not. When the news gets out, people will think she was in on it.

Annie DOES actually change into something that looks school-girlish, albeit in a low-cut kind of way. Then she walks in and wonders where the jury is. Uh, if you're going to have a jury, you're going to have jury SELECTION, and the defendant, I believe has to BE there for that. Then Barry Shire informs her that they've elected to have a bench trial (judge only) instead of a jury. Uh, again, Annie, as the f**king DEFENDANT, would not only KNOW that, she would have to sign consent/request forms to that effect AND the DA would have to have agreed to it (at least I think they would).

Oh, she IS on trial for murder, kidnap, assault/attempted murder and I think at least one other thing. Nothing was FORMALLY even read in court regarding the charges. The judge mentions them, but no full names, individual charges or case numbers are ever mentioned.

Oh PUH-LEEZE! Why would Annie put the incriminating DVD in a drawer in the LIVING ROOM when she has an entire mansion, including tunnels, to hide it? Like a desk drawer lock is going to stop anyone but a child!

Kendall continues to be too stupid to live. Liza finds out about Kendall's escape and hideout and Kendall just canNOT keep her yap shut. Zach goes out to do some damage control, and Kendall just lights into Liza, needling her about how happy she (Liza) must be now.

Angie is mighty chipper for someone who stayed up all night dancing and handling family crises. Annie is, too, but she's crazy. Adam, OTOH, should be near death's door after an all-nighter like that. Pretty much everyone that's on today that was at the marathon is bright and chipper, though, even though they haven't even gone to bed or, if they did, they only got a couple of hours of sleep.

I don't know much about ankle bracelets, other than what I've read. Can they really be cut off with a $2 pair of scissors? Isn't a special tool needed to remove them?

Robin "I'm pretty sure they aren't as flimsy as a thin plastic hospital bracelet" Coutellier

Tuesday, September 29, 2009

BC - Tue, 9/29/09

Oh please -- who has a VCR or DVR nowadays that makes backwards chipmonk noises when rewound during play? Just Jake, apparently.

Why couldn't Amanda walk in from the car on her own? It's not like she was out cold -- otherwise she wouldn't be holding herself in such a stiffly obvious pose, she'd just be limply dangling in David's arms.

The scene changes from Amanda prettily waking up to Kendall furiously pounding on the door to be let out of her cel--er--room. I didn't realize that it was a such a relief not to see Kendall yesterday, in all her shining stupidity, distracted as I was marveling at the stupidity of holding a last-minute marathon in a cramped, tacky office. It may be morning, but Kendall doesn't know if someone else might be out there, so pounding on the door and yelling is foolhardy, at best, although not nearly as stupid as invisibly leaving her child with the neighbors and showing up at a televised marathon to spy on her husband.

David tells Trevor that he (and Amanda) are going to teach Trevor how to be a good man and how to love. Well, AMANDA might do that -- I have a tough time seeing DAVID do that. Meanwhile, Amanda falls for soap trick #5: a despicable man is nice (or worse, tender) to a child/infant in view of a woman and the woman melts, canceling out every heinous thing the man has ever done not only in his life, but TO that specific woman. Amanda's such a SAP! Oh wait, she didn't fall for it. Well, THAT'S refreshing ... OFGS, it looks like she DID fall for it by the time morning rolled around.

Sooo, Aidan DID obtain Ian from the neighbors? A strange foreigner who speaks halting English shows up and says he's there to pick up the rich and famous baby and they, apparently, just hand him over. They also apparently never questioned why the invisible babysitter rushed out and left Ian alone until they could mosey on over to take care of him. Frankly, I would think a call to CPS by the neighbors is warranted.

Angie wonders where she left her purse. Excuse me? A "big" event like that and she just sets her purse down somewhere? This wasn't a BBQ at her friend's house -- it was a televised event with camerapeople, reporters, psychotic and deceitful people like Annie and Madison, deceitful-in-the-extreme, mustache-twirling people like David and Adam and just plain strangers. I hope the only thing she had in her purse was lipstick, because that may be the only thing LEFT in her purse by now.

Krystal is looking very good. She's lost some weight and possibly had some work done. Good for you, Girl -- it's workin' for ya!

Why did Natalia haul a police manual in her purse with her to the marathon? I guess she wanted a little light reading for her break times. Did Angie have a copy of Grey's Anatomy in HER bag? Too late -- it's probably already listed on eBay.

If Kendall gets a new trial (or rather A trial, since she pled guilty without one), how are they planning to swap out her and the impersonator in her jail cell? For that matter, if they CAN'T get Kendall legally freed, how long is her impersonator supposed to sit in the cell pretending to be Kendall?

Ryan tells Erica that he has always thought of the two of them as equal. Really? How about when she was going to be your mother-in-law? What about when she was going to be your stepmother? Never thought of her THAT way? What about Spike? Is he supposed to refer to Erica as Mommy Erica? Not that he knows her as a grandmother, in any case, but this situation is just stomach-turning.

Did Erica and Ryan actually HAVE sex yet. It seemed like they got together to talk about it (after being interrupted), but it's not clear if they took up where they left off or if they just continued rubbing and slobbering all over each other without consummating the act. I suspect they didn't and we'll still see a scene where they at least find a BED to do it in. Grandma might be in great shape for her age, but doing it on tables, desks, floors or rocks could result in broken bones. If they DID have sex, did they use a condom?

If they carry out this ridiculous Ryan/Erica pairing, would they have Erica get pregnant? We all know Susan Lucci is in her 60s, but Erica, having finally given up the ghost on staying 35, will probably only admit to 45 or 50, so it's a possibility. Maybe THAT's how they'll end the show once and for all after it gets canceled, which can't be far behind after AMC moves to CA and the main cast players stay in NY. Erica gets pregnant and she dies in childbirth (if Kendall, Annie or a resurrected Greenlee don't kill her first). Greenlee may show up again and take Ryan back from Erica. Emma and Spike, meanwhile decide to join forces for a family Thanksgiving dinner that NO ONE will ever forget.

What is Natalia's problem with Brot? She had to be taught how to get the upper hand on a suspect by RANDI, so why does she think it will be SOOOO hard for Brot, a war veteran, to pass a test to get into the academy? SHE passed it and she had NO experience in any form of Security work or traning, whatsoever.

Robin "maybe this means Brot will stay with the show after the move (good!)" Coutellier

BC - Mon, 9/28/09

Would you want Angie treating you at PVH after she spent all night at a dance marathon?

Where did the nanny go? Amanda handed Trevor off to Krystal to watch.

Did anyone else get whiplashed by two pop-culture evocations from Erica, one after the other? First Erica tells Ryan that the LAST thing she wants to hear from him are the words "I'm sorry" (Love Story - "Love means never having to say you're sorry"), followed by telling him that she doesn't want him changing for her because she likes him just the way he is (Billy Joel - "Just the Way You Are"). Then I noticed that Erica's dance couple number is 10. Is that their not-so-subtle way of labeling her as a 10 (yet another pop-culture reference, ala the movie "10").

Whose bright idea was it to drop all that confetti fall in the OFFICE? Who's going to clean THAT up? The (invisible) people in the office are going to be picking confetti out of crevices for WEEKS.

Speaking of crevices, Ryan and Erica are in the process of getting it on in her office. EWWWWWWWW!!! He's the father of her GRANDSON and on-and-off lover of her DAUGHTER and the presumed SON of the man she was going to marry (Chris Stamp)! Either way, Ryan would have been referring to her as "Mom" in one form or another. And now they are ripping their clothes off with each other, swapping spit and grinding pelvises, among other things. EWWWWWWWWW!!! Surprisingly, the age difference didn't bother me THAT much (okay SOME, but not as much as I thought it might), but the squick factor of the near incest connections skeeves me out PLENTY! Let's break it down, shall we?
Erica is the biological mother of Kendall, Bianca and Josh. Erica was formerly engaged to the late Chris Stamp, who was presumed for a while to be Ryan's biological father. Erica was temporarily married to Jack, her long-term on-again/off-again lover. Jack is Greenlee's biological father. Josh and Greenlee had hooked up on occasion. Greenlee was married to Ryan and was Kendall's best friend (and occasional enemy). Kendall was driving on the wrong side of the road, forcing Greenlee to lose control of a motorcycle and to disappear over a cliff; she was presumably killed in the process. Kendall and Ryan then started hooking up (yet AGAIN) before Greenlee even had time to decompose. Kendall is mother to Spike and Ian. Ryan is Spike's biological father and stepfather to Ian. Ryan is also the biological father of Emma and was formerly married to Emma's crazy, homicidal mother, Annie. Annie, Kendall, Greenlee, Adam and Ryan have all worked at Fusion in various capacities. Annie (aka InSannie) is now engaged to Adam, who has twice been married to Erica. Adam will become Emma's stepfather when/if he and Annie get married. Somewhere in all of this is a novelty song waiting to happen (along the lines of "I'm My Own Grandpa").
Robin "let me reiterate: EWWWWWWWWW!!!" Coutellier

Thursday, September 24, 2009

BC - Wed, 9/23/09

Are we really supposed to believe that Erica can win in a physical fight with Annie? Annie, the psychopath who bludgeons and stabs people (including Erica) and previously tried to choke Erica with her bare hands? The Annie that repeatedly escapes from mental institutions? The Annie that is at least 20 lbs heavier and 30 or so years younger than Erica? THAT Annie? Erica grabs her and spins her around and Annie just shuffles and shrieks and gets thrown?

That crying act of Jake's (not to mention hitting on the nanny), is PATHETIC! How stupid IS that nanny not to see through it in a SECOND? She may not know what his motive is, but his intense interest in the baby and his attempts to flatter her and win her sympathy should be ringing alarm bells for even the most dense nanny/babysitter.

Robin "how long is the dance marathon going to go on torturing us?" Coutellier

BC - Tue, 9/22/09

Why are all the men on the show so gaga over Annie's body? I mean, it's nice, but I don't consider it to be traffic-stopping. I consider AMANDA'S body to be traffic-stopping, but not Annie's. Therefore, it falls flat to me when the guys on the show keep making schoolboy comments about what a fantastic body she has. Eh.

For someone who is supposed to be guarding the dancing house arrestee, Natalia isn't paying much attention to her.

Zach tells Aidan to take Kendall home. How is Ian going to end up back home? Did the neighbors take him to their place, or are they staying at Zach and Kendall's place. Either way, I would think they would have to wait for ZACH to come home to retrieve him or send the neighbors packing.

Why does Colby continue to hang out with Petey? She constantly belittles him and reminds him that they are just friends. She's rich and passably pretty, too, so you'd think there would be a few other young men wanting to date her. Maybe none of them want to be seen with someone who insists on trying to look like Shirley Temple.

When Kendall and Aidan are back in the little cell/room, it is explained that Aidan distracted the neighbors so that they could sneak in. So now I'm back to the question of where, exactly, ARE the neighbors? If Aidan distracted them, they must be in the Slater house. If they were in their own home with Ian, why would he need to distract them? So if they are in the Slater house, how is it that they don't hear Aidan opening the door to the secret room (that is so conveniently located on the other side of the fireplace from the living room) or hear Kendall yelling at him for walking out with the TV?

Does Kendall have cable TV and wireless internet in her room? How did Aidan manage to disconnect the TV from the cable and DVD player so quickly, not to mention unplug the TV and wrap the cord around it before Kendall realized what he was doing?

Robin "is Kendall posting on Facebook?" Coutellier

BC - Mon, 9/21/09

Why would ANYONE tune in to watch that lame marathon? It's BORING. REALLY boring. The dancing is boring. The MC (Tad) is boring, even the titles they put on the screen (like the one about Zach & Liza being the "Sexiest Couple") are BORING. Watching people waiting to go through a turnstile in the subway would be more interesting.

Randi assaults Taylor to the point where Taylor is knocked unconscious. Randi's behavior is explained by saying she's a little stressed out and needs to eat. WTF??? Angie, Frankie and Jesse KNOW that Randi is hallucinating. No one thinks this is BEYOND the pale behavior for someone and that the situation might require something a little more helpful than cuddles, snacks and designer water (and didn't they already feed her once for a similar reason)? BTW, how did Taylor end up lying on the floor of a bathroom stall when she was standing over near the mirror area when Randi swung her purse at her).

After all that, Randi is raring to back out on the dance floor. Again, WTF? If I KNEW I was hallucinating, that ALONE would have me freaked out and had me desperately wanting to be home or at least away from other people. Know that I ASSAULTED someone while hallucinating would further freak me out, because I would DEVASTATED that I had done something like that to someone, not to mention a) worrying about the condition of the person and what they would think of me for doing that, b) worrying about being sued and/or arrested, and c) wondering what was going to happen next. Was I going to go apeshit crazy and not even remember it or remember things wrong? Was my head going to explode? Would I pass out or, at the very least, tell deep dark secrets since I wasn't thinking straight and wasn't as inhibited as usual? And then there's the matter of the possibility of losing control of bodily functions. If I can't believe what my eyes are telling me, can I believe that I DON'T have to pee or that I think I'm holding it and I'm NOT? I'm pretty sure that dancing and/or listlessly shuffling around really wouldn't be at the top of my list of things to do at that particular moment.

A former hooker who doesn't know how to do the twist? Yeah, RIGHT. And they WIN the Twist contest? That is just plain absurd.

And now Kendall is lurking in a doorway at Fusion because she saw Liza and Zach kissing on TV. OH PUH-LEEZE! Kendall DEFINITELY falls into the category of TOO STUPID TO LIVE. Who's watching Ian NOW? Oh, the neighbors. Kendall called them, pretending to be Rachel and having an emergency. Apparently "Rachel" couldn't hang around long enough for the neighbors to actually GET there before taking off.

Robin "And now Aidan's back to liven things up with his scintillating performances" Coutellier

Monday, September 21, 2009

BC - Fri, 9/18/09

Given her history and given the disastrous history of the roof on top of the Fusion building, why would the police let Annie go to the terrace to get some fresh air?

And why is the railing so low on the terrace? It only goes up to Annie's upper mid-thigh. It also doesn't reach the ledge, which can be clearly seen in the foreground. What's the point of putting a railing a foot or two back from edge of the roof? In fact, it is only a short (lengthwise) railing, at that. Then Annie sits ON the ledge. What is the purpose of it, other than to get in the way and CAUSE someone to trip over it? The railing doesn't even reach the end of the what couch behind them. And who the hell puts a WHITE couch up on a dirty rooftop?

LOD:
Adam to Zach: "Unlike some men, I don't really feel like putting my woman on a leash." OH PUH-LEEZE! That's about the ONLY way he can hold onto one once they wise up!

How did Randi get the drop on "I-can-and-have-killed-a-man-with-my-bare-hands" Taylor? Or was that Madison's doing?

Robin "I'm guessing it's the latter" Coutellier

Friday, September 18, 2009

BC - Thu, 9/17/09

David looks like he's just staying in one spot and alternately bouncing up and down on the balls of his feet. Of course, my ex-husband just stood in one spot and appeared to be jogging in place on one of the few (possibly only) times we danced, so maybe that's just a guy thing. David, however, is a suave guy when it comes to social things like that (other than his obnoxious personality), so that doesn't ring true.

Someone said the dancing couples were supposed to keep touching. If that's the case, several couples should be disqualified fairly quickly because I saw LOTS of disconnects and downright separately dancing couples.

Robin "Miss Robin's Dance Studio & Bait Shop" Coutellier

BC - Wed, 9/16/09

Why are so many people bringing BABIES and CHILDREN to a dance marathon?

Why is Jake manning the phones while wearing scrubs?

Why is the other guy with the exceptionally bulging muscles manning the phones instead of out dancing where he can put those muscles to use?

Did Zach leave Ian in the care of just Kendall? What if something happens and she has to take Ian (you know, the baby with the heart problem) to the hospital?

It's bad enough that they let Annie stay out on house arrest, but why on EARTH would she be allowed to go out to a dance marathon, given her FREQUENT escape attempts (and successes)?

I thought it was HILARIOUS when, after Erica snarkily told Annie that she needs a thicker foundation to cover those scales, Annie worriedly looks in the mirror -- LOL!

Robin "the viper and the hisser-- maybe Adam & Annie ARE a good couple" Coutellier