BC - Mon, 3/21/11

Why is Amanda having an orientation meeting with JAR in a BAR?  Shouldn't they be at Chandler Enterprises where there's stuff that, oh, I don't know, has to do with WORK?  Amanda could just as easily grab his drink (of sparkling water) out of his hand and tossed it in a plant in his office, although it would be harder for Jake to come by and snark at them.  AMC probably left the Chandler Enterprises set back in New York.

Why does everyone think Kendall is all dressed up?  If anything, she looks LESS dressed up than she usually does.  It must be the "little black dress" factor.

TAN:  I just saw a spice commercial where various people proudly hold up their creations.  A woman holds up a big, shallow bowl with pasta and various other things in it.  It all stays put, despite her tilting it toward the camera.  I might have let that go if it weren't for the lady at the end of the commercial who holds up a huge bowl of salad.  She tilts it almost entirely vertical and not a single thing in the bowl so much as trembles, let alone falls onto the floor.  I call BOGUS!  Of course, I suppose the spicemaker never said anything about WHAT you choose to put your spices in/on.  For all I know she was really into putting spice on fake food that's shellacked into a bowl.  Oh wait -- the cherry tomato she added at the end DID roll slightly

Robin "ACCCKKK!  The tomato moved!  Where's my can of shellac???" Coutellier

BC - Thu-Fri, 3/17-18/11

So Annie came back to PV to ... what?  Panhandle in a park where everyone knows who she is?

Annie tells Greenlee "I would NEVER leave my daughter alone!"  How about that time she kidnapped her and locked her alone in an abandoned church which Emma then accidentally set on fire?  For that matter, she just told Emma (I think, it's hard to say what Annie's reality is at any given moment now) to go take a shower while she went to find them some food.  I can see where, being on the run, she might go downstairs and leave Emma in the room, but telling her to TAKE A SHOWER while she left the room?  Of course, anything Annie says or does about her intent at the moment is kind of a moot point since she appears to be schizophrenic. 

David and Griffin are standing in front of an assignment board.  In the center of the list of procedures that are being done, is Meniscectomy.  When I first glanced at it, though, I thought it said Meaniesectomy.  That made me wonder why David was standing there and not being prepped for his Meaniesectomy [BRRRRRUMPT-TING!]  (P.S.  Meniscectomy is knee surgery.)

While David and Griffin were standing there, there came the LOD.  David stated his opinion that, despite Griffin's plans, Griffin was now in PV for the long haul.  Griffin begged to differ.  Daivd:  "Are you kidding me?  Your sister just married a MARTIN.  If this place were a chocolate factory, they'd be the Oompa-Loompas." 

Why do we see women in PV going bonkers on a fairly regular basis, usually due to their feelings about one man or another, but we rarely see the same thing in the guys?  I think the last time we saw that was when Aidan kidnapped Kendall.  Oh we see guys get obsessed with the women in PV all the time, but we almost never see them dragged off to Oakhaven because of it.  They get amnesia sometimes after being bonked on the head, shot or otherwise physically damaged, but the women usually only get amnesia from mental trauma.  To be fair, Ryan did get a combination of the two when a bullet grazed his head and he subsequently (but not right away) forgot who Annie was, despite the fact that they were married and slept in the same bed (he forgot who Emma was, too).

Robin "women in PV FAINT from physical trauma, but only go bonkers over men or the loss of a child" Coutellier

BC - Wed, 3/16/11

Do Kendall's kids ever play outside at their own house?  It IS a big place with lots of grounds and even a pond, after all.  Do Bianca's kids ever play outside at Wildwind, which has about 20 miles of land on it?  I know Miranda sometimes rides a horse.

Why is Miranda the only child wearing a hat outside when it's cold enough for snow to be piled up all over the place?

Given there is snow piled up all over the place, why is Kendall (amazingly enough) the only one wearing sturdy shoes (boots, I think); Bianca and eBabe are wearing pretty flimsy shoes.  To be fair, though, I think eBabe joined them on the spur of the moment.  Still, she was walking through the park dressed like that.  I'm a California native, so I don't know what it's like to play or just walk around outside when there's snow all over the ground, so maybe that's normal back East.  All I know is that my feet and ears would be so cold that they would feel crunchy.

The actresses playing Bianca and eBabe look WAY too much alike.  I'm constantly having to re-orient myself when they are in the same scene.  The first eBabe might have been annoying sometimes, but at least I always knew who she was the moment I saw her.

I'm glad to see that Amanda toned down her makeup to at least only halfway black.

Dr. Joe, who is only visiting, is going to the board meeting and is going to recommend that Cara be hired on a full-time basis.  I see that the Martin talent for nepotism is still well-entrenched.

Robin "Trevor will be on-staff before you know it" Coutellier

BC - Tue, 3/15/11

How many times a day does Griffin personally give Kendall a physical or otherwise provides hands-on or face-to-face medical evaluation/care?

Did you notice the website Liza was on?  The logo for it showed "PPEE!", presumably it's called "YIPPEE!" instead of "YAHOO!" 

Scott brings home cinnamon buns fresh out of the oven from "Chez Monique".  Is that a name they pulled out of a hat, or a nod to long-time fans?  Daisy Cortlandt, aka Monique JonVille(sp?) formerly owned The Serving Spoon, a small, upscale restaurant/catering business.  It's where everyone in PV used to get their gourmet food and picnic supplies.  Daisy is Nina Cortlandt's mother (Palmer, of course, being Nina's father).

Madison insists (to Ryan) that she's perfectly fine just where she is, living with Scott in the shabby furnished apt.  Given that she just tossed a bunch of hair products, etc., in order to minimize the baby's exposure to chemicals, she might want to consider that that place has probably been bug-bombed to a serious degree.

Robin "not to mention the high probably of lead paint on the walls" Coutellier

BC: Thu-Fri, 3/10-11/11

So, is Madison going to lose the baby or have other complications because of toxic Fusion products?  They certainly seem to be telegraphing that possibility.

Someone should point out to Madison that heartburn happens a lot higher up than one's uterus.  If you're feeling it there, it's on it's way DOWN, not UP.

A medical worker at the hospital ascertains that a patient had checked out, but flowers/a plant was delivered to him.  She suggests that someone else might need cheering up.  Here's an idea:  Call the patient's number and find out if they want it.  Or call the florist's number and ask them to redeliver it or have them ask what the sender would like to do.  If someone spent enough time and money to send something like that to a patient, it should not be up to the hospital to decide to give them to someone else.

I can't believe they STILL have that Fusion poster up of Randi holding a GUN.  That will go well with their toxic products. 

I have to reiterate that I HATE that black, black, black makeup on Amanda.  It's one thing to have it on Cara (which is bad enough), but we aren't really invested in her as a character yet.  We ARE invested in Amanda, though.  I think it makes her look much older and downright harsh.  She is so beautiful that it's a travesty to not only HIDE her beauty, but deface it, as if they used crude graffiti on her.

Robin "trust me, Amanda, you do NOT want to look any older than you are" Coutellier

BC: Wed, 3/9/11

I know the INS agents were watching Tad and Cara, but leaving the curtains up?  In a HOTEL room?  On their HONEYMOON?  Don't buy it for a second and neither should the agents.

Speaking of the agents, I agree that it's ludicrous that the INS is putting this many people and hours into their case against Cara.  Unless they think she's a terrorist (I could buy THAT, given her fake names and extensive travel) or a murder suspect they'd have much better success hanging out in places illegal aliens are known to frequent if they are trying to make some sort of monthly quota on deportations.

SEMI-TAN/OT:  I have to thank AMC for being a port in a storm for me, yet again.  After watching hours and hours of coverage of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan, checking websites, facebook, tweets for information, it was nice to escape to Pine Valley and its silly problems for a while.  My son and daughter-in-law (who live about 30 miles northeast of Tokyo) are fine.  I finally starting to relax a little ...

Robin "and then I found out a 2nd nuclear reactor building exploded" Coutellier

BC: Tue, 3/8/11

TAN/OT:  I had finished this BC yesterday and was starting to watch Wednesday's show when I found out about the 8.9 earthquake in Japan.  My son and DIL live about 30 miles outside of Tokyo (30 miles closer to the epicenter), so I've been somewhat distracted since then (like staying up until about 8am this morning watching CNN).  They and their house are okay.  There's a mountain between them and any potential tsunami.  My DIL was in Tokyo (6 stories up in an office building) and was lucky enough to share a taxi with 6 co-workers (no trains running), although it took about 4 hours to get home.  My son was ABOUT to go in to Tokyo when it hit.  Thank God he didn't get stranded on a train!  Also thank God for the internet and Facebook.  I wasn't able to reach him by phone, but he responded within about 15 minutes of my plea on FB, so I was saved a night or more of anguish wondering if they were ok, and I was also able to let other connected friends and family members know they were okay.

My heart goes out to those so strongly affected by this historic earthquake and tsunami.

Back to AMC:

Joe and Ruth actually DID show up for the wedding!  Well, it's worth the lame storyline to see THEM! 

I'm also glad to see TPTB bring Cara and Griffin's mother onto the show.  She made a pretty dour debut, but it's obvious she's a strong woman who loves her children very much.  We need more FAMILY in Pine Valley.  Now if only she could convince her daughter to wipe all that glop off of her eyes.

Apparently the PV Transporter is currently located in the Martin living room, because the INS agent took all of 16 seconds to walk out of the Martin living room and into ConFusion.  That may be a record!  Tad and Cara had kissed and been pronounced husband and wife when he stood up, but they hadn't even started to walk down the aisle yet when he walked into Confusion! 

I noticed neither Tad nor Cara said anything in their vows about love.  I'm sure the agent will latch onto THAT.

Robin "they basically promised to trust each other" Coutellier

BC - Fri-Mon, 3/4-7/11

Erica's place looks much more fleshed out than before.

Erica to Jack:  "Yes, I know that we've lost our way."  [again]  And I know that I am somewhat responsible for part of that [again] ... for all of that [again]."

I don't like the way Amanda looks today.  Her hair should be loosely wavy or straight, but the tighter wave isn't flattering to her, and the extra heavy black eye makeup makes her look kind of skanky or, at least, not as stunningly beautiful as she usually looks.  Or maybe it's just the makeup that makes me THINK the hair look bad.

It's about TIME someone mentioned that bringing Cara into Tad's life and the girls' lives might endanger them as far as the druglords go!

Hmmm, Opal lives at Tad's house.  Krystal lives in the house she owns with Tad.  Opal and Krystal are throwing a bridal shower for Cara at ConFusion.  Why?  Wouldn't that normally be at someone's house?  Or Krystal's restaurant?  And what a lovely bridal shower it IS for Cara!  Her cold, disapproving mother and two women who REALLY don't like her.  Okay, Jenny and Kathy were there.  Running around.  A bar.

Tad tries to cajole Jesse into not objecting to the marriage.  He says:  "Think about it!  All those years!  You had a ringside seat!" No he didn't.  He was gone for 20 years and everyone thought he was DEAD!

Ricky tells Kendall that he really needs to get back to his church.  Say what?  Since when has he had a church?  Wouldn't Kendall or anyone connected with her be likely to actually show up there if he had one?

Well, I guess they answered the question about Jake and Amanda moving into a house, as opposed to having the apartment remodeled.  It's a nice touch that Jake STILL has that decorative (and I use the term VERY loosely) round whatever-it-is that looks like a satellite dish/giant speaker.  Not that I like it, but at least it's consistent.

Robin "is Catruth appearing "tomorrow" or will she miss her plane?" Coutellier

BC - Thu, 3/3/11

I'm pretty sure Zach DID use the word "Sweetheart", and more than once.  I'm pretty sure he used that term with Greenlee, albeit in a "bestie" kind of way.  I could be wrong, but really, they should have chosen a different word.  Tad, of course, uses that endearment a LOT.  Personally, the term "Darling" usually clangs for me, so something like that might have fit better as clanging for Kendall, or eve "Dear". Only one person has ever gotten away with using that with me and even then he was from Alabama and called me "Darlin'".  It seemed natural coming from him.  Other than that exception, whenever I hear the endearment of "darling", I always think of how overused it was in movies from the 1930s when most actresses tried to sound like they were upper-class.  Those affectations  seemed fake to me even when I was a child.

Did Madison find a new (and cheaper) OB/GYN or is she planning to continue to see the out-of-network one at astronomical rates?

Why does Emma keep calling Madison?  Does Madison have a cell phone number that's really easy for a child to memorize?  You'd think Emma would call RYAN.  I can understand how she might be confused about needing to memorize so many numbers, though (it's not like Annie's going to program speed dial on all the disposable phones, after all).  Poor Emma has had to memorize SOOOOO many numbers for the veritable tsunami of parental figures in her life.  She'd need a fat, small-print phone directory deposited on her doorstep once a year just for THEM.  

Why is there a picture of Jake on the mantelpiece, but no other family members, even though it's TAD AND KRYSTAL'S house?  I suppose I could fanwank it that since Amanda and Jake are living there temporarily, Amanda put it there, but that doesn't explain the lack of photos of the rest of household (like the CHILDREN, for instance).  Besides, wouldn't Amanda put TREVOR'S photo up?  Nah, I can't even fanwank it. The first thing I thought of when Cara went over to it was an episode of "King Of The Hill".  They showed the mantelpiece at Nancy and Dale's house.  There are photos of Nancy, Dale, Joseph and JOHN REDCORN (complete with long flowing hair wafting in the breeze) on the ends.    The long-running joke on the show is that John Redcorn, an extremely hunky Native American man, is the father of Dale and Nancy's son, Joseph; Joseph looks JUST like John Redcorn, and JR and Nancy had been having an affair for about 14 years. 

Robin "not that Jake looks anything like the luscious John Redcorn" Coutellier

BC - Tue, 3/1/11

Can it be?  Is Opal actually going to have an actual STORYLINE?  Oh PLEASE let it be so!

Who "accidentally" posts a video?  No one.

Do you think the story of Cara the little boy in the hospital giving her his pudding when she was a child was a nod to the actor who played Scott as a child?  Actually not her story, so much as Tad's reaction (That dog ... oldest trick in the book!"  The child Scott was played by Philip Amelio, who also happened to be in pudding snacks commercials sharing his pudding with little girls while "Let's Get It On" played in the background


Damn, I knew it was too good to be true to give Opal a storyline.  It's just an excuse to let Caleb know Erica was planning to quit.

Jack tells Erica he doesn't know if he can trust her anymore.  Really?  He's known her since the early 1980s and he's only just NOW coming to that conclusion?  Again?

That itty-bitty digital camera Tad had just looked so cute mounted on a tripod!  Cameras have come a LOONNG way in the last 150 or so years, haven't they?  If this photo op had been staged way back when 1) there would have to be a person behind it, not a timer, and 2) the camera would have been considerably bigger if only to accommodate the glass plates that were used as negatives.  As it was, when Tad's tiny camera was used, it looked like a shrunken head on top of that tripod.

Robin "say CHEESE!" Coutellier