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AMC: Thursday, 2/26/09


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What the hell is going on with our show? It is all over the place. I'm beyond tired of Zach, Ryan, Reese, Erica, Kendall right now. I will say the Adam/Reese pairing has potential - nice twist to add Adam - but these people's actions and their dialogue is horrid.

This might have been yesterday's show - but Erica gave Zach some sympathy by relating the Travis/Bianca thing to the Gaby thing - and he throws it in her face and says 'No way' and walks out. First, Erica would NEVER do that - this is not Erica right now. And Zach is in hot water, but he is still a bastard that won't even try to be apologetic or humble about everything.

Ryan is a raging [!@#$%^&*] right now - which is totally understandable - but CamMat makes it so unbearable to watch that I just don't feel sympathy for him and its annoying.

Why would Reese get drunk again and DRIVE and CRASH? And how does she get away with it and it all happens in 5 seconds?

I'm enjoying Amanda/David, but I'm beyond tired of the same 'Get JR Drunk' conversation. And I'm tired of the same hush-hush convo between Amanda/Frankie/Jake.

Nice to see Taylor/Brot, but they had the SAME damn scenes they've had for months. They go out - he gets shy and embarrased - he throws a fit and walks away from Taylor - she has to calm him down and talk him up. I'm soooo over it.

Oh and I love Petey, and like Colby - but their dialogue was BAD today. "Like, I totally read newspapers and heard something about a bad economy. OMG, what if it affects us?!? I hope we don't disappoint Little A and we're able to get him that little pony!" ----- REALLY??????

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David has the same conversations over and over again with Krystal and Amanda and they are no longer interesting.

Why in the world is it such a big deal to Reese to find out that Kendall was driving the car? She tells Kendall and Zach that she's staying put and not leaving Pine Valley and then all of a sudden she overhears their conversation about the accident and she's so upset that she needs to leave town? She's tired of the secrets and lies? WTF does it have to do with her?

Ryan's rage is beyond ridiculous and I fear this is only just the beginning. I don't care if Zach is being an ass, I don't need to hear Ryan shout how Zach never pays for anything. I realize that all soap characters are hypocrites, it's impossible not to be one, but his whole speech today was unbelieveable. Just when has Ryan ever paid for anything either. CM's acting doesn't help either. Combine the acting with the pathetic reasoning for revenge and this story needs to be over before it really starts.

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That was the only great line unfortunately in a typical Rebecca Taylor script.

I was glad to see Brot/Taylor again, but as Adam said, they had the same scene they always do. It feels like TPTB are testing Taylor's chemistry with Tad and so far I like it.

I liked the Krystal/Amanda scenes except when Krystal accused her of trying to snag a rich husband. All I could think was 'just like you trained your whorebag daughter to do'. Too bad Amanda didn't counter with a line like that!

Pete & Colby worrying about the economy had potential if it had been written better.

I love the concept of Adam teaming up with Reese. Now that he knows that Kendall was driving, I hope he uses it to destroy Zach. I do appreciate how reluctant Reese was to use the info; imo, it's proof that she doesn't wan to hurt the Kanes any more than she unintentionally did when she returned Zach's kiss.

Ryan's rants don't even deserve mention.

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^^The dialogue was pretty clunky. It's so weird on the ear after I come from watching a soap like Y&R. AMC's can sometimes sound a bit stilted and theatrical. In fact, David's dialogue is SO hammy sometimes that he sounded more sincere introducing sponsors Campbell's than he did yapping on about what a "fierce mama-bear" Babe was. Yawn.

And speaking of Campbell's... dayum! How much money did they funnel into ABC anyway?

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