OLTL Discussion: Week of July 23rd

[leevo64]

You have to admit, the OPP story should have ended with a fire and Vincent saving Tate from it. Irony. I know that Vincent saved Tate, but I just always expected the story to end with a fire and Adriana, Layla, Talia, Nora, and Rex to all be either in the fire or waiting outside.

[Jess]

I give high praise to RC for just ending it. It was a stinker storyline. I can see RC's touch in bringing so many of these stories to a quick end rather than prolonging them.

They may be DH's stories, but he is bringing them to an end and I'm glad he is doing that. It's time for a fresh start.

[TC]

You're right. Fire was the common element but as others have said I'm just glad to see it end. It's one of those stories that sounds good on paper, and maybe Malone could have done a good job of it during his first run, but this was CRA P.

Today I felt we were getting Dena out of our systems. Maybe things are looking up. I actually saw something beyond eye-candy potential in Tobias Truvillion today.

[Jess]

Friday's show was not bad for a number of reasons.

The OPP is over. I hated that storyline. I enjoyed Todd, Blair and Starr. When he was complaining that his wound hurt and itched and she said she would have nurse cratchet come scratch it, I thought, that is Todd and Blair. I enjoyed Starr standing up to her dad. I think Todd and Blair -- Trevor and Kassie -- have a nice chemistry and I think their family stuff is great.

I liked Cole and Matthew. Marty and John got the fast forward, but I did enjoy Cole and Matthew and Matthew and Nora. On a side note though. They really go over board sometimes with the isn't Matthew wise storylines.

I like Jessica and Nash and so I enjoyed the show with them Friday. I thought they were very cute at the beginning when she called him a liar and I think Bree and Forbes have a great deal of chemistry. The honeymoon was corny, but it was sweet. The show needs a little sweet.

I'm glad Paige left without being in a pine box or carted off to prison. I liked the actress and thought she was very good and I'll miss having a female doctor at the hospital. I'm not troubled she is leaving. There are others I would prefer left first and there are others that I think should come back. She's gone, no great thing, no terrible thing, but it was handled well.

It was another little transition day that I enjoyed. I believe we are going into a week or so of ending some of these stories (I hope). I'm wondering if Asa's funeral isn't going to kick off some of RC's first stories.

All-in-all, it was a pretty good week. Still too much Marty and John, but I think even with RC, as long as FV is in charge there will be too much Marty and John and probably Vincent. There will also be Clint and Dorian -- I'll never get that one . However, I think I'm going to get to see other stories that I like, including Viki finally getting a real story, so I remain optimistic.

[mr. sweet]

Thank you for the updates

[leevo64]

So, now that Nash and Jessica are together can we get them off screen for like two weeks? Thanks much, Ron!

[Jess]

No we can't. LOL.

I like em. Also they were on your screen once last week, and twice the week before. They were on far less than Marty, John, Todd, Blair, Starr, Cole, Vincent, Layla, Adrianna, Rex. In fact, they were on less than Viki, Dorian, David and Clint.

It's a new day, we all get to watch characters we like. You can fast forward through those I like and you don't.

[leevo64]

Point taken. I suppose we could all stand to have a little less Marty.

[Jess]

I am really really hoping, that if nothing else, the show returns to an ensemble cast. I don't know how any character or couple can be interesting when they are on five days a week for weeks on end. Hell, I really like Jess and Nash and got tired of them in May. They were on every day -- and the story sucked.

So, if nothing else, I hope we return to a day when no character was on more than three days a week and two days told a pretty good story.

Marty doesn't have a strong following, no way she can carry a show this many days. There is no story strong enough for the John McBain airtime.

So if RC does anything, I hope he stops this overdose of certain characters, including those I like.