Yep I caught on to that Angela but thanks for explaining

This was more of a theatre-like episode. It was weird to me. The best monologue award(IMO) goes to Jack. He seemed the most natural with it; everyone else seemed to be hamming it up big-time (I could barely look at Ryan in the dark with a flashlight shining in his face and bugged out eyes like some psycho). Zach's was bad the first time, but his next couple times up he was better. Something is always just a little fake about Kendall's crying (hard to watch for me sometimes).

I heard the hallelujah chorus playing when Greenlee admitted (sadly, only to herself) that she had no right to Spike 'cause she walked out on the greatest girft anyone could ever give and then turned around and broke it. I liked Aiden rubbing the accident in Greenlee's face-- because she's been pretending to everyone that she did nothing wrong ('got lost' my eye!). And now with Spike being deaf, her dirty deeds are practically carved in stone.

And as far as Zach blaming others, he had been lampooned and raked across the coals time and time again for the blackout. And guess what? He manned up and took responsibility for he did (which is more than we can say for Ryan, Greenlee and the lot of them who were soo busy pointing the finger at Zach, they forgot that their s**t stinks too). How many other characters have done despicable things and not even owned up to it-- let alone been charged with a crime? It happens all the time. And truth be told, if Ryan hadn't had a vasectomy and jumped off a cliff, no one would be clammering for his sperm like it was liquid gold. And there wouldn't have been a need for that whole fertility clinic debacle that I'm so tired of people mentioning. After this, they need to age Spike by like 10 years, so we can hear less and less and until we get no mention of this horrid fertility clinic SL.

One more thing. For all those who felt like Kendall betrayed Greenlee by offering her first-born child and that Zach destroyed Greenlee's dreams of motherhood. Please flash forward to Spike lying in the hospical deaf at the hand of Greenlee and Zach watching his own child of all hooked up to machines. Greenlee got her payback. They're huritng worse (her child was a hypothetcal; their children are real and suffering right now at the hands of Greenlee--who we're supposed to feel sorry for ).

I don't get it, it's not like Zach causing the blackout hasn't been brought up and thrown in his face 6,000 times by Ryan, Greenlee, and Annie alone in the past few months (not to mention Kendall's rage towards him in 2006 for it). And it's not like he hasn't taken responsibility for it. It's Ryan's part in everything that unfolded that is usually white-washed over. That said, everybody including Greenlee was responsible for all the foolishness that unfolded in 2005. I will say Zach "the helper of the psuedo-dead" Slater didn't have to help Ryan fake his death and all to be holding it against him, but the same could be said for Ryan and his spanking on Zach for fighting Kenlee getting his sperm stuff (last Zach knew Ryan didn't want a baby so much so he'd fake his death).

LMAO! I don't get it either.

Anyway, I watched the episode. Didn't enjoy it.

Something is always just a little fake about Kendall's crying (hard to watch for me sometimes).

I think the same thing about both Lish and Lucci's crying -- which, ironically, kind of cements my belief that Kendall and Erica are mother and daughter! LMAO!

^^It's because they are so noisy and dramatic with their crying, and sometimes stutter when they're trying to be mad and crying - but they can never produce tears.....EXCEPT Alicia brought the tears during this storyline last week and that is what solidified my opinion that she deserves an Emmy nom for that work. But yes, Alicia/Susan are soooo more mother/daughter than Susan/Liza Huber. God they look nothing alike...

I think Liza has Lucci's eyes, but she mostly looks like Helmut.

I just got back from vacation and caught up on the entire week in one sitting. I had to watch on the computer because my cable apparently went out some time after Monday's episode aired (the cable box was off when I came back but nothing else was affected).

ITA that should not have been a Friday episode. I was so annoyed that I started blogging about my vacation on MySpace instead of watching (you can read about it here if you're interested: www.myspace.com/StJSteve).

While I'm grateful that B&E are delving deeper into character motivation, I would prefer to have it explained more subtly in the course of conversations instead of those awful stand-alone monologues (which I don't blame on Amanda L Beall since she was following the headwriters directions for this episode, I'm sure). Who directed this? The actors were all so far over the top they practically fell off the other side! Ick!

^^It's because they are so noisy and dramatic with their crying, and sometimes stutter when they're trying to be mad and crying - but they can never produce tears.....

I really think the only Kane woman that does awesome crying scene is Eden Rigel's Bianca.

I remember when Alicia first came on AMC and she did that coughing, crying, wheezing thing in all of her crying scenes and that was just embarrassing how awful it was. She has gotten mildly better but she just goes too far most of the time. She borderlines on hysterical when she should just go for silience. All I can say was that Friday's episode in that scene were Sabine and Alicia were doing their crying-a-thon was just new lows of bad for both of them.

I remember when Alicia first came on AMC and she did that coughing, crying, wheezing thing in all of her crying scenes and that was just embarrassing how awful it was. She has gotten mildly better but she just goes too far most of the time. She borderlines on hysterical when she should just go for silience.

LMAO! We actually agree about something! Is this a sign of the apocalypse?!

But, no. I totally remember that weird coughing wheezing crying thing she did too. I hated it.

While I'm grateful that B&E are delving deeper into character motivation, I would prefer to have it explained more subtly in the course of conversations instead of those awful stand-alone monologues (which I don't blame on Amanda L Beall since she was following the headwriters directions for this episode, I'm sure). Who directed this? The actors were all so far over the top they practically fell off the other side! Ick!

There's always room to blame Mandy -- and if not, you'd better believe I'm going to make room. Being the founding leader of the ALB Hate Coalition, it's my duty and I perform it proudly.

She could've written a better breakdown, since she seems to always wanna get her totally mega awesome hands on specialty episodes. The woman isn't a dramatic writer. If it isn't ultra hip pop culture sarcasm or awesomely bad junior high school mega drama, she's a joke. And, like I've said, Agenda L. Beall loves to beat the viewers over the head with how we're supposed to feel about characters and character motivation -- so I know she was having a field day breaking this episode.

Steven Williford directed this, I believe. I think Angela Tessinari should've directed this.

I just got back from vacation and caught up on the entire week in one sitting. I had to watch on the computer because my cable apparently went out some time after Monday's episode aired (the cable box was off when I came back but nothing else was affected).

ITA that should not have been a Friday episode. I was so annoyed that I started blogging about my vacation on MySpace instead of watching (you can read about it here if you're interested: www.myspace.com/StJSteve).

While I'm grateful that B&E are delving deeper into character motivation, I would prefer to have it explained more subtly in the course of conversations instead of those awful stand-alone monologues (which I don't blame on Amanda L Beall since she was following the headwriters directions for this episode, I'm sure). Who directed this? The actors were all so far over the top they practically fell off the other side! Ick!

Its nice putting a face to your name! Glad you had an awesome time on vacation...