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OLTL: Discussion for the week May 12-16


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I'm so glad that Adriana acknowledged that she's been a complete bitch to Dorian lately. I mean, Dorian deserves some of it, but Adriana's only stooped to Dorian levels with this whole thing with Gigi and Brody, so she really has no room to put her mother down. Dorian was FIERCE today was Gigi, and I was siding with the both of them there. Gigi has to be one of the most genuine characters on the show right now. As much as she seems to be a bad person in all of this, she's actually the most selfless in the storyline. The only thing I don't like is her letting Shane believe that Brody is his father, and she would have told the truth if Shane didn't have his asthma attack. I loved Viki, Gigi, and Marcie interacting again.

Roxy.....OMG, she NEVER fails to make me laugh and you know, Ilene Kristen is an underrated talent if I've ever seen one. She played the drama queen for eight years on RH and now she's excelling at comedy. The whole thing with the Chinese food and throwing rice at Rex and Adriana was hilarious, and then when she saved Viki's seat with the boxes lol

Starr is my least favorite character on the show. How in the world could she possibly believe that she's ready for motherhood when just yesterday, she broke down, crying "I want my mom!" Girl, be for real. And you know...it really irks my nerves that she and Cole think that they are doing the right thing by having the baby and keeping it. If they were still in Llanview, then yes, that would be an acceptable option. But running in the streets? It makes no sense. They might as well have an abortion or give the baby up for adoption because by running away from Llanview and from Todd and from Blair, they essentially have the same intentions they would have if they were aborting or giving up: they are running away from the problem. They don't want to face the problem at hand. And you know, they're teenagers and we don't always do the smart thing, but at the same time, when we see Langston and Markko acting more mature than some of the "adult" couples on the show, it really shows how unprepared Starr and Cole are for real life. I'm just glad we haven't seen them thinking of little cutesy names. Nothing would move me to use what the [!@#$%^&*] hands more than hearing the name "Manning Thornhart." And we can call him Manny for short! *eyeroll*

Can't wait for Monday's episode. David Vickers...dayum...he has the perfect combination of sexxx and funnyness and it's HOT.

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Can't say enough about OLTL and what has been going in Llanview and elsewhere. This show tops all of ABCD and some may say all of daytime right now. There is so much that I am looking forward to on this show - Gig/Rex/Brody to Jared/Natalie/Buchanans.

Like I said a few days ago David Vickers being back in Llanview trumps GH every day and twice on Sunday!

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I think that is why I think I enjoy the Starr/Cole story is because it isn't showing them as adults. You see and hear all the time about teens getting pregnant and they think it is going to be just like baby-sitting. Many teens in this situation really don't have a realistic view on what it is going to be like when they have the baby. They are not thinking clearly and many in that situation don't. So I am really glad that even though there are these few moments where they are trying to be adults we still see that they are not completely read and are still kids.

I am just enjoying this show so much. The Friday cliffhanger again has me on pins and needles waiting for Monday's show. OLTL is such an enjoyable soap.

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I just finished watching Friday's episode.. As I've told you before I live in Greece and sometimes it takes some time for me to get the episodes.. lol

Some thoughts:

* I can't stand Starr and Cole. They act like two spoiled brats and I still can't figure out how they ended up with a pregnancy. These two characters belong two a silly soap opera for teenagers like that Canadian show with Ryan Raynolds, I think it was called Hillside or something. If Cole cared for Starr he should bring her back to her family, it is crystal clear that he can't care of her, or that frog for that matter. I'm sorry but Todd is not the bad guy in this storyline.

* These episodes were very good. OLTL is not in top shape yet, I guess fixing the same show TWICE in less than a year can be very difficult. I love the warmth Charlie brings to his scenes, this is a great actor here! Watching a more fragile-scared Adrianna makes much more sence than Adrianna Carrington Colby Dexter we saw during the Gary Tomlin era. That character belonged to a very bad mid-eighties soap.

* Rex is the cutiest guy ever on a soap. I love his scenes with Bo, Charlie, Gigi and Shane.

* What every soap misses these days is a normal middle class family. A father, a mother and their kids. No parents who have been married to each other ten times, no brothers who have been married to the same woman etc. OLTL could have it if they brought some of the Wollecks back, but then Viki would be related to everybody on the show...

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