BC - Wed-Thu, 5/25-26/11

Why does Maya not want to wear a "summer uniform"?  JAR mentioned that they have them and she said she had thin bones and catches cold easily.  Both his question and her answer were way out of left field, so there has to be a purpose.  The thing that comes into my mind first is that maybe she has a history of cutting herself and doesn't want anyone to see scars or fresh cuts.

For being unconscious (or even asleep) while tied together, back-to-back with Marissa and sitting up on the floor, Bianca is holding her head relatively upright with remarkable ease and control.

Tad said it took 15 minutes for him to find a parking space to go into Krystal's.    No one EVER has trouble finding a parking space in Pine Valley.  In any case, most of the time they use the PV Transporter to simply dematerialize/materialize from one place to another.  It's the only explanation to account for how they get from one place to another not only within a couple of minutes, but within SECONDS.  Maybe they are all holograms. 

I WILL say, however, that at one point they had some stock footage they used of downtown PV, which was quite quaint, and there WAS bumper-to-bumper traffic on their narrow, 2-lane Main Street.  That was back in the late-70s/early-80s timeframe, I think.  And, of course, they later went through their downtown-PV-is-really-downtown-Manhattan phase where looking down from the roof of the Chandler building (as Leslie Coulson dangled from it) showed a six-lane boulevard, jam-packed with honking cars and buses -- at night.  BTW, Leslie not only survived the fall of MANY stories, she sneaked out of the Emergency Room when no one was looking, although she WAS somewhat shaky, stiff and limping.

Erica is surprised that the Valley Inn Dining Room is empty -- it's just for THEM!  Why would she be surprised (yes, I know it's Jane, not Erica); no one goes there anymore to eat or drink, and anyone who needs lodgings goes to the Yacht Club. 

Jane trying to pull herself together to handle Bianca at the hospital was kind of odd.  She kept telling herself "She's NOT your daughter, she's NOT your daughter..."  Did Jane lose a daughter, and does it have anything to do with Erica or someone close to Erica?  You would think she would be chanting to herself to BELIEVE Bianca was her daughter so that she could act in at least a semi-appropriate manner.

Ricky should have done his homework.  Kendall DOES have experience with guns.

Robin "she's had her hands on half the guns in town" Coutellier

BC - Mon-Tue, 5/23-24/11

Tidbit:  The wrapper on the money band in the video of Ricky and Diana showed that it was from Eden Falls Casino.  It appears it was a casino that was abruptly put out of business, presumably due to Ricky and Diana's dealings.

Ricky is such a PIG!  Push, push, push on the surprise (even to the bride) wedding!

How could they get married on the spur of the moment in PV?  Have the laws changed?  Back in the day, people who wanted to elope had to go over state lines to Elk Green because there was no waiting period there.

Krystal has had just a touch too much Botox recently.  She's visibly having difficulty moving the muscles around her mouth as much as she would naturally do.

I can't believe how far Kendall always allows things to go. 

Misheard Line as Jane tells Jack (about the wedding:

• What I heard:  "And instead of rice, we can throw FECES or even glitter!"

• What she actually said:  "And instead of rice, we can throw CZs or even glitter!"

Robin "I have no idea what CZs are" Coutellier

BC - Fri, 5/20/11

They killed off a BABY?  Assholes!  Yeah, they've killed off babies before (Ann Tyler Martin's baby, Donna Cortlandt's baby, Gloria's baby and David's baby), but at least there was a certain amount of storyline leading up to it.  This was pretty abrupt, IMO.  There was SOME story leading up to it, but not much.  Will Madison be dusting off her bookends?  If I were Greenlee, I'd watch my back!

How DARE they not tell Madison when the baby contracted pneumonia!  So now we have TWO babies that have died in a very short period of time with very little notice.  WTH is THAT about???  Thank goodness no one else is pregnant on the show!  Otherwise, how many babies WOULD they kill off before September?

Robin "it's going to put a big wrench into the Ryan Greenlee equation, though" Coutellier

BC - Thu, 5/19/11

Today's product placement:  Emma suggested that her baby sister be named Tinkerbell, who happens to be a Disney character.

The doctor made a big deal about how easy it is for a baby on a respirator to get an infection and asked if Madison and Ryan had each scrubbed for at least 10 minutes.  So why aren't they wearing masks?  Okay, so only the hands are going into the incubator.  I still think they should be wearing masks.

Did anyone else think it was hilarious that Jane was remembering back to her plastic surgery and wearing bandages around most of her face, yet she was wearing heavy eye makeup? 

Robin "she was probably wearing FMPs, too" Coutellier

BC - Tue, 5/17/11

Another tell for Jane:  she often uses the word "gonna".  Erica often uses the phrase "going to", but NEVER "gonna".

Wow, Dixie sure does get around, doesn't she?  She's dead, she's not dead, she's dead, she's not dead.  I'm beginning to think that the only way to kill her off is to put a wooden stake through her heart, encase her in a silver suit of armor bedecked with a nice garlic necklace with a crucifix pendant, and plop her down smack in the middle of a desert at high noon (with the visor of the helmet open).  Not that I WANT her to be dead, but DAYUM!  What does it take to keep her down?  It's like AMC is playing Whack-A-Mole with her.

Things that MUST happen before the last day of AMC:

• Erica MUST have one HELL of a hot flash!  Show OWES it to her long-time fans.

• Jesse MUST come clean about the baby.

• Ryan MUST die.  For real.  Or perhaps every woman he has ever hurt (including ghosts) lines up with baseball bats, pliers, blowtorches, etc.

• Greenlee MUST be gagged.

• Kendall MUST gain 20 lbs.

• Erica MUST wear some Reeboks or other brand athletic shoes.

• Jack MUST tell Erica what a spoiled, immature BRAT she is and always has been.  Again.  Sigh.  He DOES tell her that every now and then and it never makes a difference.  Okay, scratch that.

• David MUST tie someone to the railroad tracks (preferably Greenlee) AND twirl a mustache.

• Angie MUST get her sight back.

• Amanda MUST tell Jake that she has never REALLY forgiven him for calling her a slut.

Robin "Kendall can have some of my extra pounds" Coutellier

AMC - Boogie Chillen, Moday - 5-16-11

See signature for links to Boogie Chillens on the web.

Why does Griff always sound like he's on the verge of crying? If he really WAS about to cry, how would we know?

Obviously the teenage boy at the ... whatever it is Griff is staying in ... is NOT Enzo or Max Santos.

Erica doesn't usually call Jack "Darling". Of course, we know that that is NOT Erica. Ooh, ooh! What if ... what if that's shortened to (don't blame me for the nightmares) DACK? Who called Jack Dack? That Kit Fisher Person (aka TKFP), that's who. TKFP is Jack's little sister. Erica always disdainfully referred to her that way, so we did, too. No, I'm not suggesting that TKFP is about to commit inc**t. I'm thinking along the lines of a FRIEND of TKFP who always had a crush on Jack from afar. Of course, that crush would have to go WAY back since TKFP was presumed drowned at sea at about 6 years old, but maybe it's someone who met him after TKFP came back into his life as an adult.

Madison looks FABULOUS for someone who just crashed her car, went into premature labor and then had a cesarian section and just woke up from it.

Faux Erica (Ferica?) luxuriates in Erica's bed and marvels at how "classy" it is. I don't think her being awestruck by it was so much that it was expensive and sumptuous as it was that it was ERICA'S. As it was pointed out, if she can afford all the elaborate things she's done so far, she can certainly afford expensive furniture and linens. She wants the THE LIFE.

Robin "and Darling Jack" Coutellier

BC - Fri, 5/13/11

Apparently Erica's new place is right next to the Yacht Club because there were only a few seconds between Kendall warning Griff that Ricky was coming back to his room and the time the doorknob started to turn.

Did anyone die in the explosion?  Does anyone care?  If one of the doppelganger's died or was injured and the other one is alive, will anyone at all think to take a DNA sample?  It's not like anyone thought of that when AJ and Miranda were born, kidnapped and switched.

Now Spike's Mommy's Mommy has a doppelganger who shall not be named.  If she takes Erica's place, THAT is what will trip her up with everyone else!

Robin "when she says 'Come to Grandma, Spikey!'" Coutellier

BC - Thu, 5/12/11

Bianca asks Spike who he was talking to (Erica).  He answers:  "Your Mommy."

OFGS!!!

That is such a BLATANT avoidance of the G-Word that it's utterly RIDICULOUS!  Does Spike even have a NAME, ***ANY*** name for his Grandma?  Is her only appelation in his eyes Mommy's Mommy or Auntie Bianca's Mommy, or Daddy's Former Girlfriend, or Miranda's Mommy's Mommy, or Auntie Greenlee's Former Stepmother and Arch-Enemy, or Mommy's Former Boyfriend's and Husband's and Lover's Former Girlfriend, or Grandpa Jack's Girlfriend and Ex-Wife and Fiance, or Auntie Opal's Best Gal Pal, or Auntie Bianca's Dead Daddy's Former Wife, or Ian's Dead Daddy's Former MIL, or the Satin Slayer's Son's MIL, or Co-CEO of Cortlandt Electronics, or the Woman Once Known As Deseree Of The Desert, or simply That Old Lady Who Won't Tell Me Her Name And Keeps Coming Around?

Jesse is being a little paranoid.  Liza is ALWAYS at Fusion for one reason or another.  She did almost ALL her business there for a very long time.  If anything, HE is inadvertently following HER.

I LOVE how David said Ryan and Greenlee's precious moonstones looked more like jelly beans! 


Huh?  Who the hell is THAT?  The character is being played by Susan Lucci and the closed-captioning refers to her as "Erica's Doppelganger".  Does Erica have a long-lost sister or identical cousin?  I suppose it could be JaNut, but the voice had NO indication that it was JaNut in all this time, and JaNut would not be able to pull that off for so long without slipping, although she DID successfully impersonate her own sister AND she tried to make herself over to replace Brooke, despite being at least 6" taller than Brooke.  It's awfully late in the game for Erica to have an evil twin after 40 years, but I guess it's now or never if that's always been her dream job. 

Robin "will Opal be able to tell the difference" Coutellier

BC - Tue-Wed, 5/10-11/11

Today's product placement:  Cheerios (with a prize inside)

Those were interesting shoes Cara brought to rough it on a DWB stint (we saw them when Jake remembered her standing in front of him in a tent as she was wearing a matching bra and panties with her platform shoes.  I'm they they came in  handy when she had to slog through mud and over rocks to get to wounded people.  Okay, he did mention that it was their wedding day (he was dressed in a grubby t-shirt, loose casual pants and dog tags).  I have to say, though, that her bra DID seem to match the color of his t-shirt.

Asher creates an updated Cortlandt Electronics website (because the multi-national conglomerate doesn't already have one).  He puts bios of Caleb and Erica on the site, too.  Erica's photo, ever professional, pretty much says "LOOK AT MY BOOBS!"  I know that's the only thing that truly gives me TOTAL confidence in Cortlandt Electronics; it's all *I'LL* ever need when it comes to putting my consumer electronic needs, corporate electronic needs, and investment funds into the company.

Ryan tells Madison that he doesn't want her to be stressed at ALL; that's why he plans to micromanage her doctor appointments and probably everything else in her life from here on out.

Why do addicts in Pine Valley always have decanters out at all times?

They missed a golden opportunity when Emma asked Greenlee if she was okay.  Greenlee (lying) said:  "Good."  Emma SHOULD have said:  "Really.  I think you're miserable and I'm REALLY glad!"  What she DID say was:  "Good.  Me, too."  I'm pretty sure they meant she was not upset that Ryan and Greenlee's problem wasn't about her this time, but if they really wanted to, they could spin it that Emma was okay, too, because she knew Greenlee was on Ryan's shit-list.

Semi-TAN:  I like how Jack mentioned jury selection and how people thought he was a fool of a lawyer (because he let Erica dump him like that).  As many of you know, I'm following the Casey Anthony trial now and they are still in the process of jury selection, so it's on my mind.  BTW, one idiot of a juror in that case decided that he could get out of jury duty by talking to a news crew about it (even going so far as to tell them that's WHY he was talking to them about it.  He DID get out of jury duty.  He was also convicted of Contempt of Court and fined $450 and repeatedly blasted by the judge on national TV, and then physically escorted to the clerk's office to take care of paperwork and make arrangements to pay it off.  He'd get away with it at the Pine Valley courthouse.

Robin "but jury selection in real life is a whole 'nother story" Coutellier

BC - Mon, 5/9/11

Is anyone else struck by how often spouses and sweethearts visit their loved ones at the hospital or other places of work?  Have you ever seen that in real life?  Yes, people occasionally will visit at their SO's place of work, particularly if it's an informal place, such as Krystal's but normally that would be frowned upon if it happened on a regular basis (even at Krystal's, if the person visiting was, for instance, the busperson's girlfriend or wife).  It's unprofessional.  It seems like Amanda goes to the hospital and makes out with Jake on a near-daily basis.

Tad thinks Cara has too much time on her hands because she alphabetized the spice rack.  What's wrong with that?  It can be difficult to find a particular spice; most of the containers look pretty much alike, after all.  The better stores alphabetize them.  I realize he's just antsy and thinks Cara would never think to do something like that if she weren't antsy, too, but I thought I'd throw in my opinion about alphabetizing spices :-)  Since they are both antsy, perhaps they should consider that they are both HORNY and just DO something about it.

Whatever the tabloid magazine is that eBabe is holding up, it costs $4.49 in Canada.  Are tabloids really THAT expensive nowadays?  Sheesh, how do they stay in business?  Who can afford to regularly buy them at THAT price.  I remember when they used to cost about 35 cents (which is about the last time I bought one).

Not only does the Yacht Club have rooms that only have flimsy louvered closet doors on each guest room (a long-time pet peeve of mine, as many of  you know), but the handles apparently don't have locks, either.

I see Griff is still wearing his Unibomber "yeah, I'll blend" disguise.

Wow, I did NOT expect it at ALL when Miranda got upset at school because a classmate called her mother a "Lezzie".  Is that going to be a whole storyline to try to keep viewers through September, or was it just an opportunity for eBabe and Bianca to bond over what a good Mom Bianca is?

I think Cara should be arrested for insisting on visiting the sick child against the parents' express wishes.  At the very LEAST she's probably trespassing.  Then the father walks in and finds Cara lovingly caressing his little girl's face!  I would go BALLISTIC if I were him!  If they don't have a restraining order on her yet, they should get one pronto so she CAN be arrested the next time.  It doesn't matter if the child wants her to visit!  Yeah, it's a sad situation, but it's none of Cara's business, particularly when she's already suffered repercussions for prior contact with the child.  Since Jake LET her do it after only giving lip-service to keeping her away from the child, both he and the hospital should be SUED!

Robin "in a much better mood today" Coutellier