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Oh, no. I've been floating that theory since before Heather was killed. So you aren't alone on that one. I actually was wondering if it was Cameron behind it all in the first place. Because JG kept playing with whether Sharon was seeing him or not. And the direction of scenes were like he appeared when no one else were around. But then there would be scenes when he was there when others were around. So I thought she was drugged. Especially once Mariah found out Sharon was still taking her meds (because they thought Sharon was off her meds), but Cameron kept appearing. So I had hoped that meant he was actually alive. But then...enter Ian and Jordan. I...was disappointed a little bit because it seem like it might actually be him. They really played it like that more than just a figment. But alas.

OC Looks like everyone is back. ETA: And it seems like Katie vs Emily? NY Finale next week. No worries. Perhaps she will. But it will surely be an uphill battle.

1-13 Darn it if they don't have me invested. So momentum gained. lol. And I was just saying the other day that even though they are no longer together that Nina and Sonny get a scene once in a blue moon. And in Sonny/Carly vs Willow/Drew, who was the person to bring everything to a compromise? Oh, yeah, Nina. AFTER talking to Sonny. How well-timed. Drew continued to look like such a prick and Nina more of an afterthought. I was happy Isaiah came to Michael's rescue. And Portia and Brad teaming up? Who would have thought it? Add Joss on the case...not to mention Liz/Lucky...and it seems those walls are closing in on Cyrus. Thank goodness. Cuz nowt he really appears to be playing as actual religious vs playing at being religious. And speaking of Brad...is that Ms. Wu I heard? lol. I honestly liked the Trina and Kai scenes. Like I also said the other day, couples are more interesting when they don't need the gimmicks...especially a couple starting out. And that Kai actor got the Isaiah eyes for Trina and even I went awww. And I found it hilarious he already knows Stella...making sure he has some fam in his corner when actual drama ensues for him and Trina. It felt relatable versus silly. And just as relatable...those Tracy/Stella scenes. For me, it was eerie given yesterday's news. It took me back to when Jeanne Cooper passed on Y&R. And her final scene just happened to be with Jess Walton and Jill and Kay having a brief but usual-for-them bout over Jill helping Kay up the stairs. Representative of the relationship/rivalry between them and represented the character as well as the actress. So knowing originally this episode should be on Friday...chills. So meta and it was nice to see Tracy as a human and not just grumpy grandma. Well, they gotta set up that murder mystery.

I think she would as well. She definitely had that sass walk down in Friday's episode. Though if I had to pick her or Sasha, I would have (and used to say) Sasha had the edge on that cuz SM can do a good bitca before her year after year tragedy storylines started.

1-13 How? How could they waste last week's growing momentum? How? Of course, I will probably be eating my words by Friday. Outside of two things (okay THREE if I count Shirtless Nate), this episode was nothing, but filler. Cuz I don't care for Adam/Chelesa or the OCD storyline. What I did care about was the simmering tension slowly growing between Chance/Summer/Kyle/Claire. There were some really good camera angles as they showed more and more how isolated Summer felt from the growing Kyle/Claire/Harrison bond. And AL definitely sold it and the snark. Kinda ew? on how Harrison knew about Kyle/Claire. But I was just happy to see Summer with Chance, out and about and Connor Floyd looking oooh so hot. But ugh! That whole conversation Chance had with Summer had me mentally screaming. They may be 'on break,' but he has Summer's number. And it was so adult that he listened to her and still called her out on her growing jealousy and the fact that lives change. Why go back to a boy when she's finally with a MAN?? And the highlight was Audra/Nate. God, they really have grown as a couple. And just watching them in scenes, you feel the chemistry. You see the playfulness. And how accepting they are of each other. And they both look HOT. SD has been looking like a snack for weeks so I'm so happy they got him out of that shirt. lol. That said...the coda...I WAS RIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I KNEW IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Though I liked the humor Audra brought to that scene. So what game is Daiman playing? Hmmm.

Indeed. But given today's news...some things just fit.

I admit that was a hilarious moment of overacting, but LW is allowed a second of a bad moment because she's been bringing it otherwise.

Very. If Sonny wanted him gone, it's GIRL, BYE. So needs to be humbled.

1-10 Credit where credit is due. That gave classic Friday cliffhanger perfectly. Even I was sitting here in the last 30 seconds wondering if someone was going to walk in on Cyrus. And got annoyed it was over. Thankfully, today's episode is up. Add on Willow walked into the hospital hub with sass in front of Sonny and Carly. Ooooo I know she did not!! I liked that the audience was let in that Ava is not COMPLETELY broke. It just made no sense given she's in the art world. Very glad the writers corrected that. Though I still feel that the more Alexis does not give into Ava, the more likely Ric is going to do something to get that money to Ava though. Finally...the follow-up with Brennan having that footage comes to fruition slowly, but surely. And Felicia went the important info! Hopefully, that doesn't put a target on her back now.

JS.

Ooooo I like that. And can hear it in my head, too.

lol. I just saw that hair and how disheveled it looked. It made me think of you and how you had discussed her styling. Then I thought you probably had a good laugh at it given how much you hate Diane. True story. It might just be something in the air because there has been a lot of shadiness around me today.

1-9 WOW. I don't know who I enjoyed getting dragged more: Willow by Joss or Drew by Curtis. Probably the latter because you can tell DT relish having those moments over Drew. And Drew had it coming. That said...I found the episode juicy and I thought of @carolineg when I saw Diane's hair. I guess the shading going on and Diane being shaded has gotten a little contagious cuz I laughed. That both lawyers were soooo shrew to try to one up each other was so unexpected. But so soapy. Willow is uh and stalling. Diane, on the other hand, not so much. I didn't mind that at all. And the aftermath has gone good so far. Watching everyone either gradually finding out about Drew/Willow or finding out about Michael led to some great scenes. I don't normally give her her due, but I've been enjoying EM in emotional scenes as of late...something I never attach to her at all. Very present, but not trying to overpower scenes. I've found it refreshing. That said...her Joss can still be a bitca so yes, I liked her reading Willow's weak sauce self. I know opinions on SB can vary and that's mostly his fault, but I found myself draw to his Jason through this than I do Sonny. But Jason has always been a father figure to Michael or a dad and I have been around for most of that history so watching SB emoted throughout the episode was something to behold. Those expressful eyes. And then a flashback on top of that. And him sitting in with Michael and Michael opening his eyes. The feels. I'm shocked to say that I didn't mind Carly taking the high road while Joss ran off to be a miniCarly. For now. And I hope Drew throwing their forced relationship in her face is the thing to have her explode. As for the explosion...I thought Sidwell at first as payback to Jason. But he might still be too new in FV and the writers' eyes unfortunately. So...dare I say it...Ms. Wu?

I hope for this as well. Given what he has gone on to play that he wouldn't when he was younger, I can see that as well.

Same. And then that moment when they nail something perfectly...especially when they tried it before and failed and you see the growth from that failure...can feel great to watch.

We will see how I feel once I watch last night episode. But I know my opinion has definitely been colored.

1-8 Okay, now that I've seen the awful scenes in question... Is it soapy? Yeah. That's not even in question and has never been in question. But given how long it took to get here, it could be been much soapier. And even what's going down now could be more soapier if there had not be an explosion but instead the tale of Dark Mike. But woulda coulda and shoulda. Perhaps I'm just bias to the fact that this story started long ago and one of the main players is now an afterthought, reduced to a phone call at the end of the episode. Unless the point of the phone call was to remind me that Drew ain't @#$!. I can see why people felt a way given what Willow was doing while Michael was burning...and that was not helped by the abrupt build to Drew/Willow Round 2. That said...I am looking forward to the aftermath. It's been a while since Carly has gone scorched earth and I'm looking forward to it. And now the BLQ Baby storyline truly begins. Le sigh. Surprisingly, I thought the scenes were well done. And there might actually be soooome wiggle room in it to explain out Lois's role in it. Maybe. But I doubt the writers will be going that way. So BLQ said she gave the baby up in hs and after the camp event? And Lois stood by her? And it seems like BLQ knows the baby is still out? So I take it the writers will probably say that Lois knew where the baby was all along...and who he is now. And then...I am going to cry foul like Carly on the loose. But I'm bias again because this is sooo a story that didn't need to be told. I found myself really liking the Carly/Brennan dinner scenes. But it's just funny how good they are when there are no gimmicks involved. And there is just the Sword of Damocles hanging over them of him getting her out of jail and he still has not said anything and Carly still has not figured it out...something that would draw them closer naturally. No gimmick. And it looked like what's about to go down with Joss will also give them some conflict. i admit. That part was well done. I even was impressed with the burn body makeup in the coda of the episode, but the side-eye I gave over his face.

Oh, how I hollered on my way to the house. But as a Gem...yeah on the fence. lol.

1-10 Oh, lord. Not things getting interesting. Now that the Sharon storyline appears to be finally wrapping up, it has surprised me how much the many parts of stories I want to see appear to be moving. I'm not even going to lie. I love that the Damian storyline has started to move after being a C plot most of last week. And just watching the first meeting between Damian and Nate, I'm still going to say what I've already said...either he already knows who Nate is and is planning something OR he already knows who Nate is because the company he is working for is HIS company and he is still planning something. Probably brotherly revenge. And I was thinking earlier that perhaps since there is a void where Tucker was, he will be taking that spot. But I found the whole scenes of them was just full of intrigue from how CO played it. We know how I feel about HotHead Nick so I'll just...hush. lol. That said the energy that Ray Wise continues to bring to Ian has been crazy to watch. I love how he plays his menace so under the surface to the other characters, but he plays it so clear for the audience to see. He was sooooo taunting Nick to swing. Loved it. And I'm surprised that Sharon still saw Cameron, but I guess she's still drugged. Meanwhile...not Mariah/Tessa about to get a storyline as a result of Ian's return. Because Tessa has been looking at Ian these last two episodes like she could be a potential Ian convert...which given her past would make sense. She managed to get a second chance so she might be willing to see the good in Ian...if it even exist. And now Jordan is starting her side of the story. She's been itching to run into Claire. And I thought that near miss at Crimson Light was so well done from the actresses and the look on Claire's face when she heard the order to the dramatic music and camera angles. Awww. Danny gone again. I'm always here for Danny/Daniel scenes. My least fave part was (sadly) Jack, Diane, and Kyle. I've over that repetitive conversation.

Still on the train, but HIGHLY disappointed.

And that bubble at the end. lol. But like I said...scruff really and truly be making all the difference. Hmmm. It's been so long, I'm not sure where CK falls on that. I do at least see her vs Damian when he gets to town. I just threw the love interest idea out there because of the odd scene between her and Billy who haven't had a scene since Victor got Chancellor and it's been longer since they referenced their relationship vs their workingship. So it made me go hmmm. I don't know about her and Daniel given how their relationship ended, but weirder things have happened. re: Amy. I was not watching when Amy was around, but this was mentioned here as well. I would love to see her interact with people that are still on the canvas that knew her and find it odd she has not. Moreso because Lauren has been active as of late and given the stories they are in are currently centered (for Amy it's Damian, for Lauren all things Victor/Sharon) so a nice meet-up at Crimson Lights to rehash the stories while seeing how the other is doing would be nice to see. As for the other question...I continue to feel Damian already knows all of this and is self-made, but playing like he is not. But that's off of his first meeting with Nate. I'm still finishing off last week so we'll see. Yep. I love MO's new hairstyle, too. And...we have to disagree. lol. I just feel HK plays psycho better than a Mary Sue.

1-10 Ridge ain't @#$. I did like over these next set of episodes that Brooke was talking to Hope (and later Katie) about how she was feeling. Her emotions. It just stood out to me because with this show it can be plot and fashion and sometimes a character does not get a breather. And it was nice to see Donna. It was so abrupt. And of course she ran and told Brooke about Ridge and Taylee. I hope that means that once Brooke gets the crying out of her that she will put on her businesswoman clothes and run that CEO position better than Ridge ever could. Of course given that Next Week Promo...we'll see.

What a way to start Monday. Smh. But like I said...one of my earliest GH memories was of her being angry at a man that I would eventually learn was named Alan. And all they did was fight. Since I was too young, I didn't understand why then. As I grew older, I got to learn about Monica and Alan and them crazy Qs and grew to love them. And Monica was never boring to watch. RIP.

Damn, damn, damn. Not Monica! Le sigh. One of my earlier GH memories has always been the angry woman who was always arguing with the tall dark-haired man and not understanding why. And their therapy session. And watching them over the years, I grew to love her and Alan. RIP.