alwaysAMC

Loved that Kat was nice to Shanice. Those scenes were great and I'm really loving that Shanice has become more than just the hospital gossip (which I still love that part too haha).

This is super helpful, thank you for doing this! I'm currently in mid-February 1999 right now, but I'll be up to June/July soon enough :)

Love to hear that! I think since Christmas, it's been really good. You can feel a shift.

I'm back and finally caught up! 😃 I’m up to February 01, 1999. Hart arrives at Cross Creek to see Cassie and the baby. He bonds with the baby and tells Cassie that Dinah is a sick woman, tells her everything she’s done, and says he’s not with her. He asks Cassie to be with him so they can finally all be a family and she agrees. They (finally) decide to name their baby and after a few bad names, Cassie suggests Roger (his dad) and Joshua (to make Reva happy, blah), and Hart agrees to RJ for short. They leave Cross Creek and head back home to SF and Hart’s farm. While at the farm, Hart proposes to Cassie and she says yes! He also offers her the deed to the farm as his wedding gift to her, which seems impulsive to me. Dinah then comes by with a gift and tries to get them to believe she wants to move on, but she doesn’t seem very stable. She quietly asks if she can hold the baby, which Cassie agrees to and then Dinah leaves. Matt and Vanessa are having dinner when Ross and India walk in on a date. Vanessa gets upset because Ross was supposed to be with Dinah to make sure she wouldn’t do something crazy, and Ross says she wanted to go to work at WSPR (which we know isn’t true). They argue a bit, like mature adults which is refreshing, and then India tells Vanessa she should worry about her own life. Ross says he’ll watch after Dinah more closely, just as Dinah walks in. They talk and Dinah seemingly will behave going forward. Annie is going stir crazy in the locked attic, but Alan keeps reminding her that it’s the only way to keep her safe for now. Meanwhile, Frank shows up looking for Alan, but Alex answers the door and says Alan isn’t available. Frank says he needs to talk to Alan ASAP because Teri has come out of her coma and identified the real Annie. Alex plays along to protect Alan as Frank leaves, and she bolts upstairs to tell Alan/Annie. She pleads with Alan to ditch Annie and save himself, but Annie begs him too and Alan chooses Annie while kicking Alex out of the room. As Alan and Annie kiss, she steals the keys out of his pocket. Blake tells Ben about kicking Holly out if she’s not going to support her dating him, and he is happy to hear that she put him first. He promises to protect her and they kiss, as Holly watches from the window outside. Ben surprises her with a trip to Paris. An excited Blake starts packing, while Alan calls Ben to come over. He offers Ben to be his attorney again and while they negotiate, Alex barges in saying Annie has escaped, not knowing that Ben is there to hear her. Ben now has the upperhand knowing that Annie is alive, but says the case is impossible to win and he’s not interested. Ben then taunts Alan about how soon he’ll go to prison, so Alan finally caves and offers him head of Lewis Oil if he remains quiet and Ben takes their case (not really sure how he can offer Lewis, but we’ll see). Alan writes up the deal which includes a stipulation that if Ben can’t save Annie, then the deal is off. Meanwhile, assuming Blake isn’t home, a ski-masked Holly enters Blake’s house and takes their family photo and starts ripping up Blake’s dress she packed for Paris. She’s screaming to herself that Blake can’t treat her kids this way and live a life with Ben. Blake then walks in on her and they wrestle to the ground, with Holly holding up the scissors as if she might stab Blake, but Holly is able to knock Blake out instead and run away (what the actual hell is wrong with Holly haha). While Holly is about to leave, now unmasked, Blake wakes up and sees that the intruder is Holly and can’t believe it! Blake demands to know what’s happening and Holly said she did it to warn her. Blake then finds a Hey Diddle Diddle nursery rhyme about her being with Ben and she finally realizes her mother is the Nursery Rhyme Stalker! Holly tells Blake she wanted to be a better mother to Meg than she was to her, and the other mothers in town took their kids for granted and they need to learn how lucky they were to have their children. Blake realizes she also went after Ben and tried to kill him. Ben then walks in and wants to know why her dress is all cut up and Blake covers for Holly, even though it’s clear she’s really shaken up. Unfortunately Blake now has to cancel the Paris trip to take care of Holly, which upsets Ben. Blake begs Ben that if she tells him something, he won’t say anything other than to help her mother, which he agrees to. She shows him the nursery rhyme and he realizes she’s the Stalker and she tried to kill him before. He promises to help her, she leaves to take a bath and Ben says to himself that he will find a way to put Holly away for good! Reva tells the real Teri all about Annie taking over her life (but not the plastic surgery part), which upsets Teri, who doesn’t trust Reva given what Annie told her long ago about her. Annie, who escaped from the attic, sneaks into the hospital and visits the real Teri (donning a mole on her face like Teri). She actually tells her the full truth, but says she was supposed to be in a coma her whole life so she did all of this as to not ruin the chance to continue on her legacy. But Annie then gets mean and injects her with a sedative. Seeing Reva coming, Annie hides Teri’s body and pretends to be Teri, saying she now believes Reva and will help her find Annie. Reva notices an earring on the floor and a napkin with Annie’s favorite nail polish stuffed in a drawer and gets suspicious. Annie then refers to Josh as Joshua and Reva asks how she knows she calls him Joshua, and says “it’s great to see you again Annie”! Reva starts to pin her down to the bed, calls for help and Josh and Alan run in to pull her off Annie. Rick then shows up while Josh finds the real Teri passed out in a bed behind the curtain next to them. The group sees both Teri and Annie, complete clones (omg, we have clones again haha!), and Annie is pleading to everyone that she’s the real Teri. Frank finally comes in and says he’ll take both their fingerprints to determine who is who, but then a desperate Annie pleads for Alan to do something, which blows her cover. Alan goes to call his lawyer, the real Teri finally wakes up and panics seeing Annie, and Frank puts Annie under arrest for the attempted murder of Teri. Annie pulls Frank in and tries to seduce him by reminding him of their kiss and how she has dreamed of him. She wants to be his soulmate and goes in for a kiss just as Frank surprises her by cuffing her hands. Outside, Teri thanks Reva and Josh for helping her and she’s wheeled away. Frank and Annie then come out which pleases Reva/Josh to see her handcuffed. Alan tells her to hang on because this is just a minor setback. Later in prison, Alan and Ben meet with Annie and Ben tries to calm her down and says he’ll be able to get her off. Harley and Phillip tell Buzz, Eleni and Frank about being pregnant and they all celebrate. Frank and Eleni tell Phillip about catching Annie and he wonders if Alan is involved, to which Frank says yes, he could be in trouble. Phillip later talks to Alan and tells him about Harley being pregnant. At the diner, Bill tells Drew he’s been trying to call this cop lady friend he made (Teri) so she can help them, but she won’t answer her phone. Drew shows him the paper with the headline that Annie Dutton has been caught, with her picture, and he can’t believe it. I’m very surprised they finally picked back up on this random Bill/Annie thing. Bill later goes to the prison to see Annie and lays into her for duping him at the hospital. She cries and asks for forgiveness and he softens a bit. After he leaves, Annie says she’ll be using him at some point down the line, which I guess is interesting. Carmen calls the diner to talk to Jesse. He asks how she knew he was there, and she said she has eyes everywhere. She invites him back over to discuss details of the deal she presented before and this time, he agrees to meet with her. Meanwhile at the Santos house, Danny and Michelle have their first night together and Danny sleeps on the floor. Carmen starts coming in and they pretend like they slept together to keep up the ruse. Later that day they meet with the family priest and he presses Michelle on whether she’s entering this marriage against her free will, but Michelle is very convincing about loving Danny. Afterwards, Carmen introduces Danny and Michelle to her newest family employee - Jesse! Michelle and Danny both aren’t happy about this. Drew confides in Selena about how much she is falling in love with Jesse. Jesse then comes by and tells her he has to quit working for her at Millennium because he got a job with the Santos family so he can watch over Michelle and save her. Drew of course doesn’t like that and she cries over it. She starts taking her clothes off and forces herself on him, but he stops her and she cries over all the things she’s done for him. Later that day, Drew visits Michelle at the Santos compound and puts a bug in her ear that she needs to convince Jesse she doesn’t love him anymore so she can save her own life. Drew says Michelle’s love for Jesse died the night Mick died and that’s just the way it has to be. Michelle seems to think she’s right and plans to sleep with Danny so Jesse can walk in on them. To really make it stick, Michelle plans to have Jesse find them sleeping together at the lighthouse, which is Michelle and Jesse’s special place and where they first made love. Drew works to get Jesse to go to the lighthouse, calls Michelle and tells her he’s on his way, and Michelle/Danny start kissing and taking their clothes off. Michelle starts having second thoughts about it and as Jesse starts knocking on the door, she yells at him to go away because he’ll ruin everything, but he walks in and sees a shirtless Danny and gets mad. He asks Michelle if this is really what she wants, and she says yes, she wants to start a new life with Danny and she and Jesse are over. He’s devastated and says he’ll never bother her again and walks out. Michelle is sad and Danny comforts her, while Jesse goes to Drew and tells her everything and she comforts him. Reva/Josh host a party at Hart’s farm house for Cassie and RJ and while there, Phillip/Harley announce to everyone they’re pregnant. Matt and Vanessa are there and realize that Hart is not there because he’s with Dinah, who is telling her she is no longer welcome at the farm anymore. Vanessa calls Dinah to make sure she’s ok, but Dinah is still mad at her and Vanessa eventually mentions how Dinah’s baby wasn’t really Hart’s. Cassie overhears this and gets upset, saying Dinah is a liar and she should have known. She also goes off on Vanessa and calls her a liar for keeping the secret and not telling anyone. Hart shows up and Vanessa begs Cassie not to tell Hart, but Cassie grabs Hart away as he’s about to give a toast. They walk into the hall and find Shane and Tammy holding guns and they freak out. Shane knew where the key to the gun safe was and was playing around. This incident makes everyone leave and Cassie doesn’t end up telling Hart yet. Dinah later stops by looking for Hart and Cassie tells her she knows about the baby secret and she’s going to tell Hart the second he comes home. They argue and Cassie figures out that Rob is the father, which Dinah doesn’t deny. To keep Cassie quiet, Dinah draws her gun and points it at Cassie! Dinah starts screaming that Cassie can’t take Hart away from her, and then RJ starts screaming and they wrestle for the gun. Dinah gets the upperhand and points the gun back at Cassie and Cassie pleads with her and says Hart will have to find out that baby Laura wasn’t his, just as he walks in. He grabs Cassie and moves her out of the way just as Dinah shoots the gun and he gets shot in the back! Cassie tries to call for help, but Dinah doesn’t let her and continues to point the gun at her. She’s about to shoot Cassie, but Tammy comes in and screams, startling Dinah and Cassie is able to get the gun. Cassie calls an ambulance and Dinah leaves. Hart gets to the hospital and Rick says he’s lost a ton of blood and the bullet is lodged right next to his heart, so it doesn’t look promising. Frank is there and Cassie tells him that Dinah shot him and she needs to be locked up. Lillian privately tells Josh that Hart is in very critical condition and it’s not looking good. Ross shows up and says someone has to call Blake to let her know about her brother. Ben has taken the phone off the hook so they can enjoy their special evening together, so Ross can’t get through to Blake. Dinah goes to Vanessa’s house and is rather calm. Vanessa sees blood on her hand and then all over her shirt and asks her what happened. Dinah finally breaks down and says it was all an accident, but she shot Hart and left him there with Cassie. She begs Vanessa not to call the police and says it’s all her fault that she’s in this position. She tells Vanessa that she’ll kill herself if she tells Matt or anyone. Matt comes home and Vanessa doesn’t say anything but Matt sees a bloody rag and asks what’s going on. Vanessa plays it off as something she found under the sink when cleaning. Frank arrives looking for Dinah and tells them that Dinah shot Hart, which makes Matt silently question Vanessa. Vanessa says she doesn’t believe it because there’s no way Dinah could shoot someone, especially Hart. Frank continues to press Vanessa on whether she knows where Dinah is and Vanessa keeps playing dumb (ugh!). Frank leaves and Matt asks Vanessa why she’s lying, because he knows that was fresh blood on the rag. She keeps lying and says she has no idea, which makes Matt angry. Vanessa finally tells him the truth and said she assumed he would turn her in and she couldn’t have that since it was all an accident. He demands to know where Dinah is so Vanessa finally tells him she’s there, in the house hiding. He looks for her but they realize she’s left out an open window.

You're 100% right there :)

Wow! That's awesome news. I've gotta say, I've been watching GH since last September and it's been very entertaining to me.

Yep, thanks @DRW50 :) I bought the book on Amazon last year and posted summaries of each chapter. I found it to be a really interesting read. She didn't really hold back much at all.

Ohhh this is very helpful, thank you!

Gosh I can only hope this is true and something finally comes out.

Totally agree! I was out of country this week so I just watched the entire week in one sitting last night and enjoyed it. I'm so happy with the show right now.

I did!! :) Thanks for the tag. I can't wait, I think the trailer looks good.

I love to hear this! We're about the same age haha. I actually find Liz's Blake to be fascinating too, for some reason. She and Ross (along with A-M, Frank, Eleni) were the characters I remember about GL when growing up. Now I'm curious about this Tory character! :) During this storyline with Ben, they did mention how Blake and Frank slept together. It was when Ben planned to bring all her former lovers out and they mentioned Frank... that was the first time I realized they had a history, which was interesting. I know they end up together in the finale (I watched it last year), so I've been watching their interactions lately just to see if there was any hint, but I guess there wouldn't be between all the different writers and EPs.

LOL ;) We'll see... LOL! Very valid point :P I'm catching up - I'm on vacation this week so I'm behind, but loving all this discussion on Lucy's mother. I guess I never really knew whether or not her mother was known. I'm looking forward to see her join the show when I watch that period later (with her heavier accent haha), but I guess I assumed maybe she knew her mom all along but they just weren't close or something. So how did she not know her? Was she given up for adoption along the way? I can't believe I didn't really even think about this, especially while she was getting married, etc - not sure she mentioned a mom then.

I saw that and loved it, but what surprised me most is that she included a picture of her and Aiden, and I know she's spoken out about him being awful (which makes me so sad, the whole thing).

It was SO good. Like I said, it almost felt like she was Vanessa in a way, which would make sense given she's already practiced/rehearsed for that character at that time, it's fresh in her mind. Although I don't know/haven't seen a ton of the Alex character when Beverlee was in the role. Anyway, it was great and I loved it. I figured it might be the last of her given how close we are to Feb 1999 when she starts at AMC. I really hope they give some kind of line that says she went back overseas or something, and not just another Ed where he's forgotten.. Speaking of, you'd think they could at least do a throwaway line that he went back to Africa for another year or something, anything, to make it make sense.

I’m up to January 20, 1999. *I’ve noticed that both Griffin and Dahlia are no longer in the contract cast credits and we haven’t seen either in a long time, so I guess they just randomly left the show with no goodbye scenes or mentions, how awful. I’m especially annoyed that Michelle and Dahlia had no goodbye, considering they were close friends. It reminds me of Lucy/Bridget all over again. Beth and Vanessa continue to argue at work and Alex has to mediate. Vanessa reaches back out to Dinah’s plastic surgeon and they have a dinner date to consult about the work he can do to make her look younger. The doctor tells her she’s too beautiful to need work done, which comforts her again and she leaves. Meanwhile, an enraged Beth goes to Matt and tells him how awful Vanessa is, and then pulls him into a quick kiss. Matt says that can’t happen again, but Beth says it probably will and walks out, but trips on her way out and Matt brings her back to help her. He starts to massage her hurt ankle and they almost kiss again, this time Matt giving into it, but a crying Maureen stops them before they can kiss. This is the first time Matt has acted inappropriately in my opinion. Beth finally leaves and Vanessa comes home. Matt tells her about Beth coming over and how he thinks he’s smoothed things over. Vanessa says she doesn’t want to talk about Beth and she misses Matt, while he says he loves her. Ben tells Alan and Alex that he plans to get Alan off because Alex was the one who opened the safe, which violated his personal property/rights and the cops didn’t have a search warrant. Alan then goes back on his deal with Ben, pays him for his services, fires him and says he no longer needs his help in finding Annie since she’s dead. This irritates Ben and he threatens Alan that he’ll be sorry. Ben later makes a call to have someone watch Alan and let him know if he’s ever with a woman alone. Reva and Josh are back in town and tell Frank everything they saw at the spa and how Teri is Annie. He still doesn’t buy it, so they suggest getting Teri’s fingerprints and compare to Annie’s that are on file (finally!). They head to Teri’s place while Frank stays back and calls the spa. Reva/Josh find a passed out Teri at her apartment with a faint pulse, so they call 911. Frank comes too and after they wheel Teri’s body away, Frank tells them that the spa said there is no blond woman in a coma there and they don’t know what he’s talking about. We then see Annie and Alan together in the Spaulding attic, with Annie thanking Alan for helping her, and they toast with champagne. Alan asks if she’s able to drink again and Annie says she no longer has that problem, which to me is annoying and lazy of the writers, because alcoholism isn’t that easy to turn on and off. So I guess Alan got the comatose Teri from the spa and put it in her apartment that quickly to fool Reva/Josh? Anyway, Annie starts to get high with power and wants to rule the world, but first host a big party, which starts to concern Alan. He reminds her she won’t be able to go out in public and be this figure she wants to be, at least for now anyway. So Annie is forced to stay in the attic room for now. Frank still doesn’t believe Reva/Josh and assume they are up to something, so he calls Ross because they’ve started to rack up charges by assaulting a cop, etc. George DeMarco then shows up claiming that Reva put his sister in a coma and everything is her fault. While the guys are all arguing, Reva leaves and shows up at Alan’s and demands he tell her where he’s hiding Annie. Frank shows up and Alan gaslights Reva and says she trespassed on his property, even though he cryptically told Reva he knows where Annie is earlier. Frank takes Reva to the police station and Alan goes to the attic to celebrate the small win with Annie. Alex then walks in and finds the two of them and has a hilarious line about finding rats in the attic LOL. Alex goes in on Annie and I love to see it. I’m so glad Marj Dusay got a chance to be part of the Annie storyline again before she leaves for AMC. Alan leaves so Alex and Annie can have a 1:1 and boy is it juicy and icy and amazing. Dusay in this moment reminds me of her Vanessa character on AMC. Anyway, Alex leaves, seemingly agreeing to keep their secret for Alan’s sake. As Reva is about to be arrested, Josh decides to say he made it all up just to save Reva (blah). But Ross comes in and says his medical examiner just said there is no way Josh or Reva could have recently done this, because Teri’s body has been in a coma for months. Ross states the only one person who will know who put Teri in a coma is Teri herself, and then we see the real Teri wake up from her coma in the hospital bed! Reva, Frank and George talk to her and she confirms she’s never been in SF and then identifies the photo of Annie (Watros) as Tonia. Frank is now convinced that Teri is Annie, he apologizes to Reva and kicks himself for allowing Annie to be his partner all this time. George agrees to keep Teri in SF as long as they protect her. Jesse tells Rick/Abby/Meta about Michelle and they can’t believe everything that has unfolded. Rick is about to call Frank, but the creepy Dietz shows up and says Carmen is hosting their family at the country club to celebrate the blessed wedding. First of all, where is Ed Bauer in all of this? He didn’t have a send-off at all and you’d think he’d be involved here. Dietz doesn’t allow Jesse to go, since it’s family only. Abby and Meta insist on going even though Rick think it’s too dangerous. At the country club, Carmen still threatens Michelle, saying she doesn’t believe her and when she’s done with her, she’ll wish she’d have died earlier when she had the chance. The Bauers arrive and show concern for Michelle, but she plays it up and Carmen welcomes them gracefully (all an act). Rick pulls Michelle aside and pressures her to tell the truth, but she sticks to her guns and kicks him out. Rick said he doesn’t believe her and he tells the whole family he will find a way to get her out. Meta doesn’t want to leave her, but they all eventually go. Jesse then shows up and finds Michelle alone and asks her if she still loves him. She says yes and he kisses her, just as Carmen walks in and sees it. She leaves without them knowing she caught them, and Michelle pulls back and says Jesse has to leave immediately. Danny enters and tells him to go away, but they get into a fistfight until Dietz throws Jesse to the wall and threatens his life, so Jesse leaves. Dietz later forces Jesse to talk to Carmen alone, where she offers a chance for them to work together to split Danny/Michelle, but he refuses which pisses her off. Jesse goes to Drew/Selena and Drew is now trying to convince him that Michelle doesn’t want him, she wants Danny, and he refuses to believe it. Drew is clearly now in love with Jesse and will do anything to protect him and be with him. Michelle and Danny are forced to spend the night together in their ‘honeymoon suite’ room, with Danny saying they have to keep playing like this until his mother finally believes they’re together. Michelle is not happy about it and realizes Danny sleeps in the nude haha. Susan takes a phone call and it’s the hospital calling about Harley’s pregnancy. Susan flips out on Harley and says that’s why she’s trying to rush her out of town, because she’s having a better baby than she was. Harley feels awful and tries to convince Phillip to let her stay, and he finally gives in and they try to then convince Jim. Susan shows up and starts acting manipulative again and says they’re leaving. Harley cries and says she doesn’t want her to go, but Susan says her name is Susan and she threw Daisy away. Later, Susan calls Harley and says she misses her and Harley tells her she’ll talk to her any time but to use her special phone and not the main line. She then lies to Phillip about who called, uh oh. India, Beth and Vicky have lunch and gossip, mostly about India and Ross’s newfound romance. Holly overhears while babysitting Jason and Kevin and she gives India a piece of her mind about how Blake/Ross should be together. Vanessa and Matt catch Dinah about to do something stupid again to win over Hart. Vanessa thinks it’s time that Dinah gets psychiatric help, which Dinah gets upset about and she calls Ross to help her. Matt gets Hart there while Ross arrives and both he and Hart finally find out about the crap Dinah has done lately (starting the fire, taking Vanessa’s pills, etc). Hart still doesn’t know that Dinah’s baby that she miscarried wasn’t really his though. Ross tries to get her to understand that Hart is no longer in love with her and she needs to move on. Hart then tells her goodbye and Ross consoles her. Blake gets upset with Holly for not respecting her decision to be with Ben and kicks her out of her house, which leads Holly to drink yet again. @Spoon - things are getting good! I have a feeling the next couple weeks into February sweeps will be wild.

LOL - fair point on the bold part. I'm learning something new now, you're not a Cassie fan either haha :) LOL! It's interesting to hypothesize... I did recently learn and posted about Signy saying Kim was horrible to her, so I wonder if that had something to do with it... either Kim just wasn't in a good spot in life during this time or she just didn't like Signy and her personal disdain was coming through the screen. I don't think it was the Watros win, because you can see her standing up and cheering big time when Watros won, but I suppose that could have been alcohol or adrenaline, or just the fact that someone from GL won, but then she later thought and stewed about it haha. Maybe it was all the bad press/critiques about the cloning storyline that she just came off of haha.

From what she recently just mentioned in early 1999, she's a shareholder for Lewis, so she dabbles in "meetings" and "decisions" here and there. Which is convenient I guess haha. She's just as busy at Lewis as crazy Dinah is running WSPR right now.

I liked that Ted was a gentlemen and didn't want to just do the quickie on the couch because he liked Shanice too much. I like the proper date idea! LOL at Derek sizing up Greyson. I didn't realize Ben Gavin was as tall as he is (googled both their heights because it was clear Ben is taller than Jordi and I didn't think Jordi was "short"). Good to see Jan again! It's clear that Naomi is lying right? She has the variant... which will come out when they continue her pregnancy journey.

SO true. And yes, she debuted the short bob during Thanksgiving, so we're a couple months into it and it's not helping her IMO haha. Haha all good, I was thinking you might have meant her :) Not seeing Beth/Phillip's history from the past, and watching how manic/dependent/all over the place Beth is right now, I'm good with the Phillip/Harley pairing more than Phillip/Beth. :)

You are 100% right on all counts LOL. I'm dying for Abby to get pregnant and bring in more Bauers, especially since Rick just lost one thanks to Annie's paternity test switch-up. I totally agree about Reva. She's also got this short bob, and with her pantsuits, she's just really not likeable. I'm finding myself rooting for Annie (except with Alan, that guy still irks me). Zimmer is just running around so angry and mad all the time, which I get, but it's off-putting. And then I haven't seen enough of Carmen to make an opinion just yet, but I agree, they could find smart ways to do away with Michelle, especially since they're this mob family. And like you, I keep watching and I can't help it, so we're in good idiot company :P

Oh I remember Carolyn, wow. Well, great minds (I guess haha). Oh gosh, Joshua?? Why in the world... and she just got creeped out by Josh and left town, I think that's the last name you'd want to use. I guess that was the only J that fit for the name. I'm torn on Roger - I love that the show wanted to honor the character and his name, but you're right, Hart didn't really like him. In fact throughout most of 1996, Hart and Dinah were trying to make him go crazy and essentially kill him, so yeah... that's weird haha.

Yay, I can't wait to keep watching! :) So I haven't seen any indications of Phillip and India interacting much at all, so not sure how I would feel about that coupling. I'm just fine with Phillip and Harley for now, they're cute enough. Cassie and Hart - that's a hard one for me. I truly do think Dinah and Hart belong together, but the writers just seem to push Dinah over the top where it's impossible for them to be together. I like how Hart grounds her a bit, they balance each other out. Cassie and Hart are too "nice" and might be boring in the long-term. Dinah's actions do push me over to the Cassie/Hart side, but if she were to go, I do wonder if they would get boring to me. Plus Dinah and Hart just look like they go together, and after all their history, they should be able to ride off into the sunset happy, but again Dinah is her own worst enemy. I really did think Cassie and Sean had chemistry and would have been a good coupling. She needs an older, adventurous guy to sweep her off her feet I think. I still love Rick and Abby, but they've barely been featured in the past 6-8 months which is sad. As much as @P.J. will hate to hear this (haha), I do find Blake and Ben to be steamy. It's like a forbidden love that could be dangerous, which is fun to watch. I also like Matt/Vanessa, I can't help it haha. Their corny chatroom romance in 1997 really got to me LOL. I don't like this potential Matt/Beth thing they keep throwing at us. I'm honestly not sure where Beth should go next, I don't think there's a guy on the canvas right now that makes sense for her. I don't mind Vicky/David but they barely use them. Oh and I'm sad to say this, but with the Michelle recast, it just isn't the same for me anymore with Jesse/Michelle. Lenz is a great actress, but the chemistry/vibe just isn't there any it's clear they're putting Danny/Michelle together. But I really did love the Jesse/Michelle love story in those first 18 months.

I’m up to January 12, 1999. At the police station, Reva/Josh/Frank corner Teri about the drug found in Josh’s aftershave and her part in the whole thing. As part of her deflection plan, Teri reveals that she’s been working the case and believes it’s Alan who is to blame. Later, Josh starts to remember instances where Teri wouldn’t let him leave after he was told to sit down. He then has visions of Annie’s face (Watros) intermixed with Teri’s and says it was Annie and Teri together that wouldn’t let him go. They start to assume Teri is framing Alan. Meanwhile, Frank and Teri go to the Spaulding Mansion and start to investigate, which breaks up their NYE party. Alan and Alex think it’s preposterous that Alan would steal drugs for no purpose, and he pushes them to do a search. Teri says to herself that she’s sorry to Alan, it was either her or him. Alex opens the safe for Frank to search and he finds the drugs that Teri put there earlier. Reva and Josh walk in and tells everyone that Teri is working with Annie and she planted the drugs in that safe. Reva/Josh privately tell Frank that Teri told them he came onto her and Frank gets upset and says she was blowing things out of proportion. Meanwhile, Alan is telling Teri privately that only Annie would have had the code to the safe, so he demands that she tell him where Annie is. He then tells Teri to tell Annie how much he loves her and how he wishes he would have supported her in the end. Teri tears up and hugs him and says she had no idea he felt that way. Alan begs her to take him to Annie, but she snaps out of it and says she’s dead and he’s the prime suspect for drugging Josh. Frank later confronts Teri about lying to Reva/Josh about coming on to her, but she keeps up the ruse that Josh was drugged and can’t be trusted and she breaks down in his arms. A distraught and scared Drew confides in Selena about telling Danny that Michelle killed Mick. She also tells her she was there and involved. Selena calls the cops which helps calm Drew down. Drew questions Selena as to why she’s trying to help and save her so much. Selena takes her home with her and Buzz comes over and they tell him what’s happening. Meanwhile, Michelle and Jesse kiss and say goodbye to each other as he leaves town. Just as Jesse is driving off, Danny comes out and confronts Michelle about killing Mick! He drags a frightened Michelle to the beach and demands she tell him exactly how she killed him. Michelle tells him everything while crying her eyes out, which was great acting. He keeps pushing her about who else was with her and she keeps saying she was alone, but he doesn’t believe it. He drags her to the docks, thinking he needs to take care of her before Dietz and his cronies do. But Dietz follows them and confronts them. Danny convinces him that he’ll take care of Michelle and Dietz walks away. Danny raises his gun to Michelle and OMG as we see Dietz walk away, we hear a gunshot and a water splash sound. Dietz goes back and sees Danny looking over Michelle’s floating body, presumably dead! That was very scary, I don’t know why it wasn’t an episode’s cliffhanger. Danny tells Dietz to go tell the boss that the job is done, but we later see Danny help Michelle get out of the water. She is safe and Danny says he believes her and knows how mean his brother really was, so he tricked Dietz. Michelle thanks Danny and they have to figure out what to do next. Jesse then calls Drew to see how Michelle is doing and if his plan worked, but she tells him to come back because Danny took Michelle. Drew confides in Selena and Buzz that she told Danny about Michelle because she loves Jesse and wanted to protect him, just as Jesse walks in, who is upset at her for what she did. With Michelle still missing, the crew finally tells Frank, Rick and Abby about everything that happened. Rick goes off on Jesse about it all. Meanwhile, Danny decides to take Michelle to the boss’s home and explain what happened, but he promises Michelle that he will protect her. They find Dietz there, who tells Danny he’s dead-meat for not killing Michelle (not really sure what the point of Danny pretending to kill Michelle was just the episode before, but whatever). Danny then takes Michelle into the room to meet the boss and we find out it’s Danny’s mother, Carmen (1/08)! Michelle cries and apologies and asks for forgiveness, but Carmen isn’t having it. Danny then begs her too and says Mick raped her, but she said he’s not there to defend himself and he’s spitting on his brother’s grave. She pressures Danny to kill Michelle to avenge his brother’s death, but he won’t and she grabs for the gun to do it herself. Danny stands in the way and she demands he move, but he says she can’t kill Michelle because she’s his wife! He said they got married today at the justice of peace, and their family rule is to never kill family. Btw, the Santos family mansion is a nice new set! Michelle finally gets the courage to tell Carmen exactly what happened and who Mick is and Carmen slaps her! Carmen leaves to welcome two guests that have shown up and Danny urges Michelle to convince Carmen that she’s into the marriage. We then see Drew and Jesse are the guests and they all walk in while Danny and Michelle are kissing. Jesse is happy to see Michelle alive and tries to get her to go home with him, but Michelle sees the gun that Dietz pulls out and she tells Jesse no. Jesse mentions the police and Carmen freaks out and yells to Danny that he never should have married her, confusing Jesse. Michelle then says yes, they’re married and her place is there with the Santos family. Jesse tries to reason with her, but she’s adamant she’s done with him and she wants to be with Danny. She cuts deep by saying her family was always right about him and she was only with him to spite them, and Danny gives her more than Jesse ever could. A devastated Jesse leaves, with Drew in tow, and a devastated Michelle tells Danny not to touch her. Carmen comes out later and says she demands a church wedding to supplement the civil ceremony and both sides of the family must meet beforehand. She then kisses Michelle’s forehead and ominously says welcome to the family. In her attempts to stay close to Harley, Susan chugs a bottle of cough syrup to make herself sick just before she and Jim are supposed to go back home. She starts to become sick, but Harley and Jim stick to their guns and say she’s got to go home. Susan, very angry, tells Harley she hates her and she’s giving up on her just like she did when she was born. Susan and Jim leave, and Phillip tries to assure Harley that everything will be ok. Jim then comes back holding a semi-unconscious Susan, which scares Harley. Phillip finds the empty cough syrup bottle and Susan tells the truth and they rush her to the hospital, with Harley saying she never should have pushed her to leave. Rick ends up saving her and she’ll be ok. Phillip and Harley argue about what’s best for Susan and Harley is adamant that she goes home with them. Rick then suggests she needs to stay for a bit and see a psychologist. Phillip offers to pay but Jim gets annoyed and says he can support his own daughter. Later, Phillip tries to convince Harley that Susan is trying to ice him out and pair her up with Jim, but she doesn’t believe it. Lillian shows up and says they’re doing a blood donation campaign and Harley gives blood. Later Lillian comes back and says she can’t donate her blood because she’s pregnant! They are excited and Harley is excited to tell her family, but Phillip says they should keep it between them for now and let it be special for just the two of them. Holly visits Blake and warns her that the Stalker doesn’t make exceptions and she better stop sleeping with Ben down the hall from her boys or else she may be the next victim. Meanwhile, Ross and India go on a boring date (not feeling them so far). Given that Annie previously chose Ben to be the executor of her will, Alan meets with Ben to get information. Ben said they only communicated via email and never in person regarding her will. He tries to convince Ben that Annie is still alive and makes a deal, if Ben helps him find Annie, he’ll make sure he’s given prominent connections and notoriety in town. Ben agrees and leaves, but Alan starts to flash back to moments when he thought Teri reminded him of Annie and he finally realizes that Teri has to be Annie! He goes to Teri’s apartment and confronts her about being Annie. She keeps denying it, but says she can make Alan forget Annie and be happy and they have sex. Afterwards, Alan says he knows she’s Annie now, and she finally admits the truth that she’s Annie. He vows to take care of her and always protect her. We see her contemplate stabbing him with a letter opener, but she decides to put it down and be with Alan since he truly loves her. She then tells him how it all happened after she jumped out of the plane - she lived at a spa on an island for a while and met a woman named Teri, who was there after a break-up. They became fast friends and people thought they looked alike from behind. On Teri’s last day of vacation, she had an accident and fell into a coma, being taken care of in a nice hospital there. Annie said she wasn’t responsible for putting her in a coma, and she actually cared about her and visits her frequently to ensure she’s ok. Meanwhile, Reva and Josh visit the place where the real Teri and her boyfriend were vacationing (where her family last heard from her), and they learn that Teri was injured and has been recuperating there ever since (although the staff thinks her name is Tonia). They force their way into the lady’s room and they see the real Teri DeMarco in a coma. LOL, it’s Signy Coleman playing her too, meaning Annie’s face is an exact copy of the real Teri’s. As they realize Teri is really Annie, the clinic ward calls Teri/Annie to tell them they’ve come to visit and now Annie realizes Reva/Josh know everything. She’s now desperate for Alan’s help and he agrees to help under one condition, she will never want Josh ever again, and if he suspects she is looking at him or thinking of him in that way, it’s all over. Annie agrees and says she doesn’t want Josh anymore. Hart finally makes the decision that he needs to be with Cassie and his son, so he packs up and leaves Dinah. In true Dinah fashion, she lashes out and breaks everything in the house. She later goes to Vanessa/Matt’s house where we see Sean tell them all that he’s leaving town and starting a new life. He casually mentions he tried to stop by Reva’s house to say goodbye, but they weren’t home. If Sean really leaves the show and doesn’t have a goodbye scene with Reva and/or Cassie, then we have a real problem because that’s just an awful send-off to his character. His final scene is with Dinah, telling her she’ll never be able to come between two people that love each other (Cassie/Hart), and she should trust him because he knows too well (alluding to Reva/Josh). He walks away and that’s the last of Sean (1/11).

I also loved the Emma/Gio stuff today - so cute. I have such a soft spot for MEK, so I love Martin... it's basically just watching Tad Martin to me, but I'm here for it. I love how Tracy and Martin needle each other, it's cute haha. I don't mind Britt/Jason, but Steven Burton seems stiff these days.