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1/13 Issue

A SOW editor's resolution for Ryan & Zach is that they make sure their little soldiers aren't deployed anywhere else.

Amanda regrets encouraging JR to drink, & gets him to leave Zach's casino bash. Amanda tries to talk JR down; things get physical & a bottle gets broken. JR later lashes out at Colby. Things worsen when David arrives. Amanda returns to find a bloody oar...

Eden Riegel explains Bianca's mistrust over the closeness of Reese & Zach, fueled by learning about Reese's former fiance, Simon. Bianca pretends to go to CT in search of wedding venues, & is upset when she misinterprets an extremely intimate position Zach & Reese are in.

A double wedding is being planned...Angie puts on a brave face...Taylor & Brot kiss...Opal has ominous words for Greens & Ryan...Tad returns home...Krystal makes a startling confession to David...

Randi is haunted by her past...Josh wants revenge against Zach...Jake & Angie join forces against David...

A viewer was disgusted w/ Zach taking a family picture w/ Bianca & Reese. She wants to see Zach w/ Kendall & their sons, & for Bianca, Reese, & their spawn to be offscreen ASAP.

Edited December 31, 200816 yr by xtr

OMG.. Who cares about Randi's past ? No one.

As for Josh getting a revange.. WTF???? WHY???? It's not like Zach was guilty or something. Josh screwed up and know he wants revenge? Kill that fetus off please...

OMG.. Who cares about Randi's past ? No one.

And it seems that if Randi & Frankie aren't embraced by the audience it will be Frankie that is written out, not Randi.

I believe it was in SOW where Pratt basically said that he is still evaluating Randi & Frankie, and that if they don't work he can just write out Frankie by sending him back to Iraq once his DUI period is over.

Edited December 31, 200816 yr by LeClerc

And it seems that if Randi & Frankie aren't embraced by the audience it will be Frankie that is written out, not Randi.

I believe it was in SOW where Pratt basically said that he is still evaluating Randi & Frankie, and that if they don't work he can just write out Frankie by sending him back to Iraq once his DUI period is over.

No. Just...no.

I'll add this here: Apparently SOW is confirming that Lisa de Cazotte is indeed joining AMC as a producer, not the executive producer. (I have not seen the exact wording myself so they may just be reporting the rumor of her coming to AMC).

Please god don't let her have anything to do with casting.

Edited December 31, 200816 yr by LeClerc

And it seems that if Randi & Frankie aren't embraced by the audience it will be Frankie that is written out, not Randi.

I believe it was in SOW where Pratt basically said that he is still evaluating Randi & Frankie, and that if they don't work he can just write out Frankie by sending him back to Iraq once his DUI period is over.

So let me get this straight. A character that no one cares about, with no ties to anyone on the canvass, and portrayed by an actress with questionable talent is more important to the show than a character the audience does care about, with family ties to legacy characters, and portrayed by a good actor? There are no words...

I'll add this here: Apparently SOW is confirming that Lisa de Cazotte is indeed joining AMC as a producer, not the executive producer. (I have not seen the exact wording myself so they may just be reporting the rumor of her coming to AMC).

Please god don't let her have anything to do with casting.

Didn't they originally say that Lisa would be said to be just "a member of the team" but in actuality, the current EP would be out and she'd be taking their place...just a matter of time before she's officially crowned EP?

Didn't they originally say that Lisa would be said to be just "a member of the team" but in actuality, the current EP would be out and she'd be taking their place...just a matter of time before she's officially crowned EP?

Yeah you're right. So she still might end up with the top spot.

I still think Carruthers is the less awful of the two, but I know I'm in the minority on that one.

Yeah you're right. So she still might end up with the top spot.

I still think Carruthers is the less awful of the two, but I know I'm in the minority on that one.

It could come down to economics. Carruthers probably costs a lot more than de Cazotte. Nothing much will change no matter who the EP is. My guiess is that Pratt is pretty much steering the ship anyway.

So let me get this straight. A character that no one cares about, with no ties to anyone on the canvass, and portrayed by an actress with questionable talent is more important to the show than a character the audience does care about, with family ties to legacy characters, and portrayed by a good actor? There are no words...

Yep that's exactly something I can see Pratt doing. He's already doing it with TB/Reese. She's considered more important than Eden/Bianca the way he's writing it.

And it seems that if Randi & Frankie aren't embraced by the audience it will be Frankie that is written out, not Randi.

I believe it was in SOW where Pratt basically said that he is still evaluating Randi & Frankie, and that if they don't work he can just write out Frankie by sending him back to Iraq once his DUI period is over

Oh no doubt about it at all. Pratt would do exactly this. He doesn't seem to care much for the Hubbards IMO

Yep that's exactly something I can see Pratt doing. He's already doing it with TB/Reese. She's considered more important than Eden/Bianca the way he's writing it.

Youtr right. I think TB is a talented actress but this storyline has become more about Reese than Bianca. I don't think its helped the character either. All the screetime and "moments" with Zach has made a lot of people distrust and/or dislike the character. I'm sure Pratt doesn't want us to dislike her but he's put her in a situation guaranteed to make her unsympathetic to many and its partly a result of his focus on Reese at the expense of Bianca.

I have only seen one set of fans taht don't really like her. For the most part on the boards I read at many do like her.

I think one of the reasons she is being focused on more than Bianca is that there may be more of a chance of holding on to her than it is Eden Riegel. Since Pratt and Braun are friends he may convince her to stay whereas I don't think there is any chance of getting Riegel to stay. If she had wanted to be on longer she would have signed longer. I think all she wants is short term since she has so many other projects going on.

I have only seen one set of fans taht don't really like her. For the most part on the boards I read at many do like her.

I think one of the reasons she is being focused on more than Bianca is that there may be more of a chance of holding on to her than it is Eden Riegel. Since Pratt and Braun are friends he may convince her to stay whereas I don't think there is any chance of getting Riegel to stay. If she had wanted to be on longer she would have signed longer. I think all she wants is short term since she has so many other projects going on.

I have been a lurker here for quite awhile and this is my first post. I have been a fan of Eden Riegel's for a long time. I started watching AMC during Bianca's rape storyline. It's obvious to me that this is much more TB's story than Eden's which is a shame since Eden has an Emmy for the character of Bianca. So, yes I'm upset that once again Eden seems to be the secondary character. First the Zoe fiasco and now in this new storyline. This is coming from an Eden fan and not a Zendall fan.

I was excited to hear about Eden's return and looked forward to the story. Bianca deserves a happy ending and a love story just like any other character. I went into this new storyline with an open mind and I liked Rinks for a couple of weeks. Then they started inserting Zach in to the middle of things. That plus the fact that it doesn't seem like Bianca and Reese know each other well at all soured me quickly on things. For a couple that has a child together and is engaged to be married there is an awful lot they don't know about each other.

So yeah, I'm not liking Bianca's current storyline one bit. Just because I adore Eden doesn't mean I have to like a story she is in if it is poorly written. I can support her on her other ventures like Imaginary Bitches or Cooking to Get Lucky.

I have been a lurker here for quite awhile and this is my first post. I have been a fan of Eden Riegel's for a long time. I started watching AMC during Bianca's rape storyline. It's obvious to me that this is much more TB's story than Eden's which is a shame since Eden has an Emmy for the character of Bianca. So, yes I'm upset that once again Eden seems to be the secondary character. First the Zoe fiasco and now in this new storyline. This is coming from an Eden fan and not a Zendall fan.

I was excited to hear about Eden's return and looked forward to the story. Bianca deserves a happy ending and a love story just like any other character. I went into this new storyline with an open mind and I liked Rinks for a couple of weeks. Then they started inserting Zach in to the middle of things. That plus the fact that it doesn't seem like Bianca and Reese know each other well at all soured me quickly on things. For a couple that has a child together and is engaged to be married there is an awful lot they don't know about each other.

So yeah, I'm not liking Bianca's current storyline one bit. Just because I adore Eden doesn't mean I have to like a story she is in if it is poorly written. I can support her on her other ventures like Imaginary Bitches or Cooking to Get Lucky.

That was a great first post. I hope you post more often.

I think one of the reasons she is being focused on more than Bianca is that there may be more of a chance of holding on to her than it is Eden Riegel. Since Pratt and Braun are friends he may convince her to stay whereas I don't think there is any chance of getting Riegel to stay. If she had wanted to be on longer she would have signed longer. I think all she wants is short term since she has so many other projects going on.

I'm not sure Braun is more likely to stay. She has stated recently that she doesn't want to be on a soap longterm right now. Maybe she might stay longer on AMC but I don't see her signing a multi-year contract. Before the writers strike she was getting indie films and guest spots on tv. But even if she is more likely to stay longer I don't think there is any good reason to make this story about a newbie we just met instead of a longterm character. I just think TB is a favorite of Pratt's so he is making the story more about her.

I was excited to hear about Eden's return and looked forward to the story. Bianca deserves a happy ending and a love story just like any other character. I went into this new storyline with an open mind and I liked Rinks for a couple of weeks. Then they started inserting Zach in to the middle of things. That plus the fact that it doesn't seem like Bianca and Reese know each other well at all soured me quickly on things. For a couple that has a child together and is engaged to be married there is an awful lot they don't know about each other.

I've had a similar reaction to this storyline. Despite the awful babygate stuff I still wanted to see Bianca get a real romance and I liked the story the first few weeks. But then it became clear it would be more about Zach and Reese than Bianca and that this story wasn't really a love story at all. Or at least not a love story between Bianca and Reese. It's really turned into a terrible and offensive story.

I have thought more on this tonight, And I am just wondering how much Kendall's departure has actually affected this story. Did Pratt and gang know that Minshew would be unavailable when they decided to do this story.

Right now without Kendall there it is hard to focus on Bianca's part of this story because the part that needs to be dealt with is between her and Kendall with Zach. That can't even be dealt with until Kendall wakes up.

And I am sure they didn't want to pay Braun & Riegel's salaries just to have them sit around all gushy over one another. Even with a lesbian couple you can't just have them sitting around being all gushy and lovey and dovey and make good soap opera out of it. So to keep it angst filled they had to create some tension until Kendall wakes up.

I am not sure having the slight flirtation with Zach is the route I would have gone. Well in fact I know it wouldn't have been for me. In my online soap I am writing a similar story very very different.

I have a feeling that Pratt didn't know what to do with Zach either and didn't want to just repeat Zach sitting at Kendall's bedside again since that had already been done. So he threw him into this too to keep him busy until the Josh thing and the deception could be dealt with.

It is not the best route. For one thing Pratt needs to learn really quick to leave Zendell alone if he wants to survive. It is sad and that is not a criticism but it is just a truth. And Zendell is not the only couple that is that way - several across the board are that way. I am not sure what they can do with those couples but maybe turn them into tom and Alice Horton and let them be listening ears for everyone else and hang ornaments on the Christmas treee every year. At least they will be together and all the photos will be of them and their family - and no one elses. I just don't see any other options for keeping a couple like them front burner unless you create some angst in the relationship.

Back to the other, I am just not sure if he was privy to the info about Kendall or not when he planned the story initially. I can just see that it could have very much changed the original direction of the story. I wish he had waited and brought them on later after Kendall was awake and let that the meat of their story - but maybe they weren't available then. Who knows?

I am just glad we have Bianca in an adult relationship. It is not perfect in every sense, but it is lots better than what we got between her and Maggie. I am going to reserve full judgement on it until I see more of it play out. Right now I am enjoying both of them and I am actually enjoying Zendell and I have never been able to enjoy them.