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AMC: Thursday April 17th 2008


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Again today was so reminiscent of last summer. One of the characteristics of that time was you could tell they were desperately trying to fill the hour, so part-way throught the episode they would add characters/scenes that didn't seem to fit in that episode. That happened with Joe & Tad today: the scenes were fine but they seemed out of place since the Rob/Jesse story wasn't featured.

If B&E are let go at the end of their cycle then great. But I just don't know if Walsh & Beall should be permanent HWs, they are way too boring. As bad as McTavish got, I never tuned out. But the interim stuff last summer forced me to decrease my watching to 2, maybe 3, days per week.

The show was hitting record lows most of last summer, before B&E came on (not that they helped at all).

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People can laugh if they want but before all this amnesia crap, I was really enjoying Ryannie. I like them as a couple and I like the extended family of Kendall/Zach/Annie/Ryan (leave Greens out of it). However, if I have to live with the amnesia (which obviously I do) then I'm glad we are getting to see a different side of Annie in this. She's got a backbone on her and she's not taking any crap like I assumed her previously Pollyanna disposition would lead her to do. I'm hoping the end result is this brassier Annie sticks around.

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I liked the Tad/Joe scenes the best but I have to agree that they didn't seem to fit in with the rest of the show since neither Jesse nor Robert were on today.

The hospital scenes were good as long as Babe & Krystal kept their mouths shut. I did like the scene where Adam's kids promised to stop giving him stress.

I ff'd through most of the rest.

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I haven't seen today's yet, but lately I agree. It feels as if we are watching a show in transition..... Walsh and Beall maybe paired with an established head writer, like maybe Hogan Sheffer??? I mean if they had two people who know the show and then a person who knows the headwriting position, could work out. I definitely think they need to go that route.

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