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11-14 Now to be fair Ava...technically you harmed a pregnant woman...aka your now-BFF Nina? Or am I wrong? That said...I did love her scenes with Ric though I loathe whiny Ava. Meanwhile...is it safe to assume that when Ava wins in court that Kristina might have a breakdown, pull a gun, and shoot Ava? My highlight this episode...Jason vs Drew. HIT HIM AGAIN, JASON!!!! HIT HIM FOR ME!!! Cuz they have had tension all year so even if the reason is not personal enough for me, it was nice to see some of it explode. Then you have the Michael/Willow talk and just the anvils...was actually well done. And...NED!!! OH...? So are we not getting Jordan/Isaiah? Or even more...could the growing rift between TJ and Molly result in a TJ/Molly/Isaiah/Jordan configuration cuz that would really be messy. That said...I liked the Molly/Isaiah scene with LITTLE WOMEN which is a favorite book of mine...and Isaiah's opinion on birthdays...looking a little flirty and oh so sexy smile. Loved the Trina/TJ talk. Loathed the forced meet cute of Trina/Kai though Kai came across good in his scenes. Hehe.

IKR. I guess I've been starved for years because there has not been a moment involving Alexis that I have not been eating. Just the scene with her and Kristina where she asked about the accident I watched today. It was in how NLG played it that I stopped and rewinded it. So unexpected, but so good. It was a nice little moment that broke through the Sam grief while at the same time Alexis asked because of the grief. NLG gave that such a nice little layer that I really appreciated because I was not expecting it.

And she definitely been proving that non-stop this year.

Amen. When I think about it in my head or talk about it to other I just think new soap.

11-13 I knew these New/Old Writers did not at all care about the Drew Q storyline cuz it was clear it was a PM storyline, but Darrrrrrrn at them just speeding all the way through it with no pace, no buildup, no conflict...just DONE. He won. Nothing to see here. lol. Could have released that video during his speech or something, but no...lol. Avoidant much? Hmm...I never say this, but Spinelli cleans up riiight well. lol. And I liked Maxie's blouse. I can't believe that they are happy together and it doesn't bug me at all. Giving credit where it's due...I liked the little beat the writers did with Alexis and Kristina where she questioned if Kristina's accident was JUST an accident. Given how Kristina has been...accurate. Ugh at Kristina using the wrong babyname. Mmmm Beast in a suit. Though I felt it was a missed beat to not show Carly ask him out or he ask her out. I mean...this is going to be her next relationship, right? So where is the build? Then again...she still doesn't know it was Brennan that got her out of jail, does she? Hahahahahahaha!!! At the tiptoeing that Michael was having to do to not explode on Drew. Drew is still coming across a creeper. Willow is coming across as fake. And I want to feel sorry for Michael, but again...he slept with Sasha. I did like that CD sold Michael's sadness a little bit in his scenes with Jason. And just the sarcastic body language around Drew took me out. I DGAF about the propping of Natalia. The more I see her, the more I am growing to resent her presence. And who is Sonny to prop anyone when every time I see him with anyone not Dante or Alexis, I just sit and remember he killed an FBI agent in cold blood? I personally have always liked Gio and the idea of him and if not selling me on as a NY boi, then as a Jersey boi. Neither of which I mind. That said...he surrrre has been looking like a sneak when he pops up on the scene. And yeah given the last time Lois knew a secret, I wouldn't tell her either. And that ending...here comes Stone Cold. Not a bad episode, but highly uneven. Say what now?

11-12 Well, well. Now that I'm here for sure...called it!!! I said at the start of this Holly mess that probably it would end as Robert's swan song. And look! The quick breakup with Diane...who figured it was coming. One more Anna vs Holly scene and I was just as annoyed as Anna was. And then off they are on the plane. I guess that does explain why the total focus on the writers who I felt was really wanting to write that story last week as the A plot, but again...Sam's death. I do admit that Holly's talk about people coming for her kept making me think she might wind up where Valentin is, but fingers crossed that is not the case. I can't wait to see Mac's reaction to seeing Robert leave. Liz was my highlight. I was cheesing like a kid seeing her with Jason. Be still my Liason heart. Swoons. And I loved her continued effect to be (Just) a friend to Jason. Meanwhile, YOU BETTA READ, ELIZABETH WEBBER!!!! Cuz Lucky was on my last nerve. I can't believe he was going to just leave again with his woe is me act when he promised his son he was not about to be running away. Oh, you weren't the one to save Lulu. Well, SHE WAS SAVED!!! The lack of self-awareness...well-timed with my weekend I guess. So RH sold that to me as she read him down. Now...where's Ric? Cuz evil man or not, at least he wouldn't run off on her. And don't get me started on Jason vanishing without a word and Lucky just showing off. I think I missed Jason leaving. And now here we are with Trina's new love interest. And my feelings are...mixed. I just said that while I don't mind meet cute (see B&B Will&Electra), I do dislike when it comes across forced to me. And I felt this did. It could have been as simple as 'oops. Trina spilled a drink' on him and Trina looked smitten...as did Kai. Then he just had to add on the 'football player who just happens to be her partner who is ditching class' and ugh. Look at how that happened versus how Gio was slowly introduced and THEN months into his run...they found an (organic actually) reason for him and Trina to have an issue: Ava. Heck, even in Trina's interaction with Kai...there's the potential organic reason for conflict: Kai's friend being a problem cuz he sees Trina as uppity and Kai being pressured about his image. There could be banter around that without the typical 'hate-you/love-you' that those scenes turned into. But let me wait and see. I do love that Danny continues to see Rocco as his brother. What I loved about PM during his run was how much he made me care and get invested in Dante, Sam, and their blended family...something that really does not get touched on. And it would be so easy for them to forget about them with Sam's death. Good they are not. And Jason having to move into the Q mansion per Sam's wishes for her children...YES PLEASE. Make him grow a pair and step up as a father that isn't always worshipping at the altar of Sonny. My worry as well. She really has. There have been moments over the last few weeks she's looked breathtaking. Maxie definitely got her mojo back.

True. But that has been why I enjoyed the (very) slow ascendency of Alexis over the last few years. She slowly, but surely built herself back up. And then PM came in and went for it by getting her law license....and taking us on quite the journey. And it felt so well earned regardless of any attempts to waylay the journey. I was worried that she might fall to the wayside post-PM, but I have enjoyed that she is still in the mix in stories.

Now PM started that fire...who you kidding. 😜 But yes, she has been looking fantastic as of late. PRRRRREEACH!!!!!!!!!!!!! I feel she still has her moments. But I am bias.

hehe. Very.

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Watching now and feel it. I'm at least happy it is not the typical (at the moment) man with the lopsided grin, hands on hips, chest out, with the 'I am man' pose I am used to the man having when the writers do the forced meet-cutes.

Awww...but her heart got crushed by Sonny? But I do believe she IS on borrowed time. Same re: Val. They are talking about him waaaay too much. I am sorry for your loss.

Thank you for explaining, Errol. So oooooo it's going to be VERY interesting to see how it will perform then. Kinda like modernized, but Old School Soap writing vs What Passes for Writing for Modern Times basically.

Surprisingly yes. lol. I don't mind meet cute. Moreso when it is played straight (which it has been) and not forced down my throat like GH...I mean another show likes to do in these kind of situations. For me, it dates back to original Billy and Mac on Y&R. But in terms of them...they are pretty harmless for now and definitely different than what we are getting on the canvas right now. Though tbf, I would rather Will mix it up with Lani (when I thought her name was Amy) than Electra and hope for a triangle since Lani was giving young vixen in her few appearances so far...not a stalker storyline. Too soon, too fast. Oh, really? Good to know. And yeah that is crazy given the setting of the show. At this point, it's a running joke. Really? Uh oh now. Surprisingly yes. lol. I don't mind meet cute. Moreso when it is played straight (which it has been) and not forced down my throat like GH...I mean another show likes to do in these kind of situations. For me, it dates back to original Billy and Mac on Y&R. But in terms of them...they are pretty harmless for now and definitely different than what we are getting on the canvas right now. Though tbf, I would rather Will mix it up with Lani (when I thought her name was Amy) than Electra and hope for a triangle since Lani was giving young vixen in her few appearances so far...not a stalker storyline. Too soon, too fast. Oh, really? Good to know. And yeah that is crazy given the setting of the show. At this point, it's a running joke. Really? Uh oh now.

Meh. Lazy quick cut. But at last...LULU.

The magic of Maury West, hunni!!! I also think he's gone. Now Violet...like Emma all the time before her...might pop up for a visit. Val on the other hand...too many mentions for my liking.

Which was not my goal so thank you. After the work weekend I just had, don't get me started on people and self-awareness. lol. But...agree. As a leader among the cast, I would at least had expected him to fake it a little bit. I've seen general managers give better face for a worker they clearly don't like than he gave.

Outside of her vixen turn and that fight with JB's Carly...okay and the elevator scene with TB's Carly...I agree about Sam. And I did like what PM was doing with Dante/Sam, but still agree. And God, I loved me sum Livvie. Yep. That face speaks volumes.

Thank you for saying this.

Very. I could see why fans would be irked. If he wanted to be disrespectful, all he would have to do was not show up at all. Not that I feel KM would care. Indeed.

So much. Ava has broken greater men. She be a maneater. lol. And then...he came across cray cray, she came across dumbfounded. And then that could have been played if the ending was the same. I was thinking you were one of the people that mentioned that. lol. Lack of coffee brain over here waiting for it to kick in. I still feel the same re: Maura/Ava. PM was wise to plan Val as the goal. It's a shame someone *cough*frank*cough* felt differently. Yeah, easily a bright spot. And I really thought Finn's spiral was great if slightly rushed. And now we have Frank teasing out a Val return and I just RME. lol. I love how you worded that.

Thank you for the list of the many times Frank has been petty in public because he really and truly has. Which I believe is more on him than on Disney. Not that KM helped her case. And I saw there was a video of KM's speech after her last scene I saw yesterday and felt it spoke volume. There she was being emotional, the cast was emotional, and there were tears and hugs. And as someone with a camera did a spin around the set, there was Frank front and center, looking annoyed and NOT clapping for her speech. Giving very much 'H@e why you here?'

Don't you meant a vanishing act, not a sh*tshow. The writing change definitely harmed that. Cuz as soon as CVE came back, Ava stopped being cunning and crafty. A shame because I was liking her with Wagger and how she had him wrapped around her little finger. They could have even had a flawed good guy/bad girl pairing there.

11-13 Meh. I admit that they almost had me. I thought they would spin Taylee off to a new tale after her talk with Brooke about not needing a man. Instead...more aroma therapy. RME. I do like the charming romance of Will/Electra so far. But alas, I feel that it's moving too fast with the stalker. Not that I dislike the idea of the stalker. But alas...