OLTL: The Countdown to the 9999 and 10000 Episodes

[Ryan]

.............26 minutes in and I'm already crying. Just seeing all the Buchanan's together is just...........*sigh*

[Ryan]

Alright....I'm all caught up. I love that the show is good today, but I feel like they're rushing things.

[Dr. Jay S.W.]

they totally rushed things. It should have been 2 episodes instead of 2.

[Laurie]

Liked seeing Max and Blair. Always had a soft spot for them

[Scotty]

I agree...but even one day of this is tons better than month after month of Michael Easton's constipated expressions.

[Dr. Jay S.W.]

Newsbreak- After doing the math, Dena's name should be gone on the 23rd.

back to scheduled programming- Joey and Dorian..... Kevin walking in saying "whoaa",

[Dr. Jay S.W.]

You sure as hell got that right.

[Scotty]

This is just great....and they are hitting all the right notes with the history....

Viki, Kevin, and Joey visiting Joe Riley's grave.

Asa constantly firing Nigel, only to rehire him.

Dorian and Joey's affair.

Max and Blair's history.

And more...

[DrewH]

I, too, feel that they rushed things. Today should have been about the Buchanans and everyone else finding out about Asa's death, and coming together as a family. Tomorrow should have been when everyone came back for the funeral.

[Toups]

I thought it was kinda unemotional.

I just expected more with the death of a patriarch and long time character.

[Dr. Jay S.W.]

Death is always sad. Asa lived a long life. Please, Don't let you feelings on the Phil Carey situation affect your thoughts on the episode. I thought it was very realistic.

[leevo64]

It was GOOD. Wasn't GREAT, but good. They rushed things ridiculously. Today should have been the immediate, local family and town mourning and tomorrow should have been the funeral. Some things I noticed were:

-Where was Nash? Jess's hubby wouldn't come to his wife's grandpa's funeral? And what about Cole and Starr? Cole's been staying there and Starr should have gone with Blair.

I did like alot of it though. Joey and Dorian were just crackling with chemistry in their scene, and the lines at the end:

Dorian: I think we're locked in!

Viki: Oh, what else is new?

I wish this could have been a longer story, but it's still better than anything on in the past few months.

[DrewH]

It wasn't the best death/funeral episode I've seen on soaps that's for sure.

[Scotty]

I'm surprised by some of the negativity I'm been seeing about today's show from the various message boards.

Apparently people would rather watch John, Marty, Adriana, and Cole.

[Dr. Jay S.W.]

Ya know? I mean damn, we are never going to be able to be as good as the "best times" because those were the "best" times. [[email protected]#$%^&*], at least they tried. We could have just gotten a funeral with no Joey, or Kevin,or Chord, and we really got treats with Max and Alex. We got flashbacks and history mentions. I agree, this should have been a weeklong event, but it wasn't and the show gave me all that I could ask for and I am satisfied with it.