ATWT: Wednesday June 27th Discussion

[winterguy125]

Previews looked good, hopefully it will be

[P.J.]

Really not buying the Em/Dusty connection. And WTF did Dusty and Aaron become such good buddy-buddies? Sure, Aaron worked for Dusty, and Dusty kind of took him under his wing, but the last thing that really happened between them was Aaron being temporarily paralyzed thanks to Dusty's thug friends rigging the fight. That wouldn't rate some big hug, IMO. I don't think Aaron even gave Holden a hug.

As Meggie railed about her lost Paul....I wish Lucinda would have slapped the silly little bitch. Meg IS playing the martyr, when everyone in Christendom told her marrying Craig was a bad idea, Meg embraced the nobility of revenge, justice served cold, and teaching Craig to repent. At least Lucinda has never hidden her agenda. Yeah...I'm calling it now...Meg will screw Craig and end up pregnant.

Ugh...yeah, now I'm supposed to believe Cleo is some latent maniacial bitch who's capable of running someone off the road and "taking care of Jade"? I suppose some kind of vehicle just POPPED out of thin air for Cleo to use? I PRAY THIS CLEO crap ends SOON.

[Toups]

Who wrote and directed today?

[P.J.]

Azar/Dansby. Still no credit for the location sequence, which I find strange. I really doubt that was Goutman's work.

[WTGH]

I know!

I'm bored by Alison's neediness and diva demands. Sheesh... Aaron mostly took a backseat to Alison's problems before, and it seems it's that way again. Too bad I don't like NuAlison half as much as I liked Jessica Dunphy.

[Toups]

Thanks, PJ.

[kelly1142]

Ugh, thanks for the warning. I saw Em in the previews but I had hoped she would be Dusty free. Well I got Paul free, now hopefully Emily will soon be free as well lol....

[ATWTCarOn4Ever]

Paul technically isn't free. He and Meg still love each other. And most likely hes alive since we all know how soaps do these things.

The only bad thing is that I'm afraid that 1 of 2 things has happened or will happen.

1) Paul loses his memory.

2) Craig slept with Meg the night he drugged her and now Meg is preggers with either his or Paul's child.

3) Craig didn't sleep with Meg but FINALLY realizes the truth that Meg will ALWAYS love Paul and rapes her in jealous rage.

None of those sound like freedom to me.

And Paul and Emily's boat passed a long time ago. The girl is crazy, insecure, and basically will never trust Paul again.

Anyways todays episode was intense. Loved the Craig/Meg scenes. Love Marie Wilson on the cellphone with Holden. Great acting there. The trembling...the voice. Gave me chills. And then before that with the locket...Lucinda was awesome today as well. Funny too. And her apology at the end was great...except it was about the freaking contract...LMAO. Here I am thinking that she actually cared for Meg.

"I...AM....SETTLING THIS LUCINDA!" - CLASSIC! The girls gone psycho....And Craigs smile in the background! PRICELESS! I knew this was gonna happen but the execution made it so worthwhile. Can't wait to see Meg as CEO!

Emily/Dust/Ali/Aaron were alright. It wasn't exciting but it wasn't completely boring. Loved Diva Alison!

Cleo/Will/Jade/Noah....awesome. Cleo and Noah especially had me laughing like crazy! And then Cleo talking to herself...OMFG! This girl is NUTS. It just makes me that much more sadder that Elena Goode is leaving. What a horrible day.

[P.J.]

I gotta agree here...I think Paul and Em had much more of a potential for storylines. I'm sorry they just kind of threw away all that history. Sure, Em shot him, but she did much worse to Dusty, I think. Shooting Paul was clearly in a moment of rage. She kept Dusty hostage for weeks, and was prepared to kill him. That's disturbingly pre-meditated, IMO. I kind of hope Dusty's protests over Ali means he's falling for her.

[kelly1142]

LOL at this point? I wish at LEAST the show would let them interact more (or at least would when they both get back). I hated when the show did this with Craig and Rosanna too, and even Mike and Jen (and I didn't really like them as a couple, but the cold turkey on the interactions is just ridiculous and lessens much of the drama in the stories).

Honestly though, that goes for so many characters b/c all of the characters lately seem to be stuck in a bubble, with rare exceptions (When was the last time Dusty and Craig had a scene? They are both ostensibly looking for the same kid lol, or what about Barbara and Dusty? Craig and Emily? Carly and Craig? Paul and Will? I'm not picky, just SOME interaction!). I'm wondering if Will or Emily will even be told Paul is 'dead' lol. Since Paul has had scenes with Babs in the last month, I'll assume she'll be told, but then again, she was never told her granddaughter died so I guess all bets are off!

[P.J.]

Ugh...don't get me started on those story bubbles. Katie's been in Carjack's orbit for the past TWO years, and the Carjack/Matie "friendship" has always pissed me off.

I'm STILL waiting for some Craig/Carly interaction. I'm hoping with Ro's return, Carly will get to snark at him, 'cause you just know Craig'll probably think he's being haunted again when Ro shows up in town. And when's the last time Carly even talked to Em? Why didn't they ever make something out of the way Em backstabbed Carly with the whole Rory/Billy/JD switcheroo?

I know TIIC would blame it on budget concerns, but I don't get it. How hard can it be to have Carly and Em talk about something, instead of listening to the same tired Em/Dusty convo over Ali and her porn/meth problems? Why couldn't Dusty try and talk Meg out of marrying Craig, for Christ's sake? If anyone could make Meg remember the "ends don't justify the means", it should be him.

[Soapsuds]

Today's show wasnt as good. I'm finding Meg's 180 unbelievable. Will this lady make up her mind?...LOL She switches sides every 5 minutes. It is ridiculous. At least we know Lucinda has been in it for one thing to get her company back.

I do hope Cleo does go all loony on Gwen. Then they can send her away. Never to be seen or heard from again.

And in regards to Rosanna's return...I think some will be disappointed. If the rumors I hear are true. Same hack writing from Jean P.

Ally going off at Aaron was just weird. Aaron deserves so much better.

[Soapsuds]

I wonder why they stopped giving the credits for the location shoots? I believe Goutman was pictured giving direction to the actors. The same with the Ravenwood remote. Goutman directed the scenes but wasnt given credit.

[P.J.]

Maybe Goutman didn't have time to direct both remotes? I don't think there were any remote scenes today, so no credit was necessary. I just don't think there was anything really "special" about the direction. Goutman usually pulls out some trickery shots that make you remember them. But, I don't think I've seen any stills from the shoot.

[WorldTurner]

I did see some stills from the location shoot and Goutman was there. I do think he directed it. I agree though that he usually does something more unusual. As beautiful as the scenery was, we didn't even see that much of it. I'm disappointed with the shott, although more the way the writing went than the location itself.