OLTL: Discussion for the week November 24-28, 2008

[AddictedToSoaps]

I noticed that too. I thought the same thing about RC.

[tina m]

AMAZING Viki/Charlie scenes yesterday! And the ending...loved it.

[MarkH]

I finally saw this this morning at 8 am (Soapnet!). Amazing. I mean, there is so much I loved:

- Blair acknowledging her loathing of Todd and sympathy for Marty

- Brody and Jessica = pure chemistry

- but mostly, Viki.

For me, what the episode did was tie such an amazing bow around multiple stories...and it REALLY showed the intergenerational toxicity of sexual abuse:

"Me, Jessica, Tina and Todd..."

Yes, of course, Everything we are seeing is Victor Lord's legacy. I knew that, but I didn't remember it. It gave it a deeper resonance for me.

[SFK]

I know it doesn't really matter, but what I was trying to explain is that this idea of Victor having a family mausoleum on the Llanfair property is a new rewrite. They were buried at a cemetery on church grounds, and Victor was in the ground. The crypt didn't come until he was exhumed (pillow fibers in his lungs) and of course there's that scene where Dorian tried to pour lye on his remains. They showed a bit of it in that 50 Years of Soaps special: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgEV623pRC0 at 5:26

[MichaelGL]

Wow what a truly amazing week we had.

Tina's good bye was flawless. It just shows just how mucht he show wanted to keep tina around this time. Until next time Tina Lord Roberts!

I actually found Justis Bolding pretty good this week. In Wednesday's episode where Sarah found Vanessa and Cristian in an embrace I loved how catty JB's Sarah was. I kept thinking about how much of a pariah Sarah was when she first came back to town. Does anybody else remember? Sarah and bf had been keeping (Todd?) in their apartment when Cristian and Blair came upon them. Everybody in Llanview acted all shocked about the 360 Sarah did from being nice and sweet, blah, blah, and into a shallow girl who wanted to live off her grandfather's money. I kinda miss that Sarah.

Viki's scenes in the tomb were epic. I loved how Viki and Charlie's history played in those scenes. Each one made a point of not knowing one another's past when they first met. Even now, after all that's happened between them, Charlie didn't know Viki's messed up relationship with her father.

It's gonna take some getting used to with the Bonjour cafe now in Llanview.

[lizhanglao]

As always, loved Erika Slezak on Wed's show. In addition to the 1976/2003 discrepancy surrounding Victor's death, did anyone else notice that the actual plaque was on the south side of the coffin? Just the day before when Tina said goodbye, the plaque was on the other side of the coffin. And I think when Dorian tried to pour lye into the coffin back in 1993/1994, the coffin was horizontal instead of vertical. Anyway, these small nits aside, Erika Slezak astounded me. Here's hoping for a 7th Emmy next year.

[rangethatrover]

After rewatching Wednesday's show, I believe that Haskell and Slezak are both going to win the emmy's next year.

Even though in my heart I would love to see Melody Thomas Scott or Jeanne Cooper win-especially Melody, if Erika is nominated, with a show like this- the emmy is hers to lose.

and I stand by that Susan gave the BEST performances by any daytime actress this entire year.

It looks like Ron Carlivati may be in a serious upswing here and I am going to enjoy it as long as it lasts.

[Kstaff]

I would agree. Normally, I would say that Arianne Zucker from Days might give Haskell (I'm assuming they'd both be supporting actresses) a run for her money, but Days actors usually don't get nominated.