All My Shadows

Thanks. I think I'll skip ahead to Jean's return, then. I like Whitney's storyline, but I'm mostly in it for Janine's involvement, and I can't bear being three weeks behind now that Pat's back.

Okay, I'm trying to catch up, but I really can't take much more of stupid/idiot Jane and stupid/mean Shirley constantly falling over themselves to keep the attentions of stupid/slimy Ian and stupid/fat Phil. I'm at a few episodes after Glenda left...if I were to skip ahead to this past Friday's episode, is there anything that I would be missing? And if so, what specific episodes, just so I can catch that stuff and not the nonsense.

Glenda's departure basically makes me loathe Ronnie, Roxy, Phil, and Shirley.

So glad to have a time frame for Pat's return now. I've been missing her like crazy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HhDAKuROEA LOL! I remember this girl got a lot of heat here for doing Baby One More Time because some dumb ass parents thought it promoted domestic violence...I can't even. Adele and Amy would be too awesome.

Esther appears towards the very end of season two along with (random) Ernie Hudson. They factor into the Michael Tyrone voooodoooo story. I think we were supposed to see that Field's position in life wasn't necessarily of his own choice but part of the path given to him by more overbearing figures in his life, namely Titus. IIRC, his father was a more kindly man, and had he been alive, I think Field's life would have been much different. Still, I was Team Constance all the way through season one simply because of Field's constant lies. In season two, there are definitely moments where you realize that Field doesn't hate Constance or even dislike her a whole lot. They've known each other for years, so he likes her. He just sometimes resents the lack of control he has on his own life and takes it out on her. One of my favorite side comments was in the Christmas episode where he snarkily, but with total sincerity, wishes her a Merry Christmas. I would have loved to see them transition to a love/hate friendship had the show continued. Constance, sadly, never lived up to her bitchy potential in the show's short run. Her biggest scheme was faking the divorce and then faking the paralysis. Given a few more seasons, I'm sure she would have gotten herself together and struck out on her own instead of relying just on Daddy's money. IIRC, Constance never learns that Lute-Mae is her mother. I never got to see the last couple of episodes, so she might have found out then. It pretty much remained a secret between Claude and Lute-Mae through the first season. Eudora found out the truth while they were all keeping vigil at hospital following the hurricane and Constance's fall at Lute-Mae's. She overheard Claude and Lute-Mae talking about it in the chapel in one of those GREAT soapy reveals -- Claude and Lute-Mae had this big conversation about it in the darkly lit chapel, and as they leave the room, Eudora steps out of the shadows. I need to watch the episodes on YouTube while I can, lord knows how long they'll stay up. If Warner can put The Yellow Rose out on the power Cybill Shepherd, then they can certainly capitalize on Mark Harmon and Morgan, especially considering they're the actual stars (not like plastering Johnny Depp's face on the final season of 21 Jump Street).

*shocked they let you do Rehab* I want her to make a comeback, too. I always want the drugged out/screwed up ones to come back and prove that the talent is still in there, it's just buried hard times. I feel for Amy though because Adele has basically come in and picked up where she left off, so she'd have to really define who Amy Winehouse is again and get herself out there. And the next time they try to make her go to rehab, her ass needs to say "'kay, 'kay, 'kay..."

I totally agree. "Rehab" was my SH!T all through the summer before my senior year of high school. I'd always act out the video whenever it came on MTV http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LTPRJqt2z4

That's less country and more southern rock, but maybe it's just me. I do like it, though, and I like it when she just sings her sh!t without all the extra stuff.

I just found out about James Pritchett's death

That sounds good! I can work with that. I've always imagined him returning with someone and not alone. I hope they don't force some ridiculous relationship drama there. Just let him come back, do whatever, then go back with his rich boyfriend to a good life.

At least PL looks better than I was expecting, still has that slight twinkle in his eye. Do we know anymore about Todd's return yet? I'll have to at least watch clips of my boy

Eww, I hope not. I'm a month behind and I just watched the episode where Patrick called her his "favorite girl," and I kind of smiled inside at their sort of father/daughter relationship. The show needs to not go there.

Sons and Daughters has tons of episodes on YouTube. I've watched the first couple of episodes and it's very interesting, but it's definitely like the other glamor sof the era in that the beginning is quite humdrum.

"The Hamptons" seems all but forgotten...I'd love to see some clips. Here is some very random news: http://tvshowsondvd.com/news/Yellow-Rose-The-Complete-Series/15136

Selfish is pretty awesome.

Chris Fountain was so, so pretty on Hollyoaks circa 2006-2007. Now he just looks tired and sad.

I'm gonna need "Seal It with a Kiss" to be the next single. Like...right now.

That's exactly why I couldn't get into Nuke on ATWT after the initial hype. I get that one of the characters in the pairing is supposed to be the "main" character that the viewers most care about, but doing this kind of story based entirely on just that one person's feelings makes them look bad as hell. How much have they developed Blaine (besides the whole kissing Rachel thing that...well, apparently Kurt doesn't "believe in bisexuality" or whatever, which is fine, I like having reasons to hate TV characters, but whatever)? It's like TPTB doesn't want to spend time writing both sides of their story because that would be "too much gay," which...this is Glee, so anyone who's uncomfortable with that stopped watching a long time ago. Anyway, I'm starting to see the appeal of the show. It has a place, I think, but I can't see myself ever getting into it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzF-qqnj67c

Everyone told me I needed to watch "the kiss" because it was going to make me "fall in love with GLEE!!!" It did not.

TTWE debuts at #20

I love me some Adele. I don't know if I could listen to her voice over and over and over again an on album, though, which sounds horrible, I know, but it is what it is. I love her voice, but it's hard to explain. "Rolling in the Deep" is my sh!t, though. I love the 60s-style background singers "Yuh gunna wish yew! Nevuh evuh met me!"

Britney would have killed S&M, but I'm glad Rihanna got it. I've thoroughly enjoyed her transformation from Unfaithful-type songs to harder stuff like Rockstar 101 and S&M. I'm waiting for her to pull out a chainsaw at any minute.