Five minutes into today's episode and I am declaring my love for Sergei. He has got to be the smartest and most ruthless bad guy on ABC in ages. I like that he understands they can't kill Starr and Hope even on the plane and that he plans to get more money by selling them back. Now I am really hoping that he gets away with the money and survives to return and terrorize Landview another day, then again David Vadim is too good for the soaps so it is best that they kill him off.

David Vadim's Russian acent is OTT but weirdly realistic. Plus Vadim is a Russian last name. Wonder if he's from the old country?

And ITA Ann. Sergei's even got Todd "Life is just a big hahaha" Manning running scared.

I would say just introduce more vaguely criminal Russians, but then I fear the show would take a swerve into GH territory.

Any way to get more homoeroticism with Cole and Asher is also always welcome.

OMG the scenes on location are flawless. It reminds me of The City.

Gross.

I was not fond of that stand off. It was not well done. These mobsters need to kill both Todd and John and put me out of misery.

David Vadim's Russian acent is OTT but weirdly realistic. Plus Vadim is a Russian last name. Wonder if he's from the old country?

And ITA Ann. Sergei's even got Todd "Life is just a big hahaha" Manning running scared.

David Vadim was born and raised in the Ukraine, so that may have something to do with his accent.

OMG the scenes on location are flawless. It reminds me of The City.

Agree. They were very well done. It looks like OLTL has learned from GL's mistakes.

Brody!!!! Poor guy, so that's what he gets for saving Starr/hope? LOL It was great seeing him in action though. Brody's such a rootable guy.

OMG the scenes on location are flawless. It reminds me of The City.

I loved the location scenes too. I thought the editing was well done to make it look like the location-warehouse was the same as the studio-warehouse.

I did have to laugh at Bo/RSW rolling into the warehouse.

This week has been really good with the exception of the Stacy baby saga. If they didn't include that storyline, it would've been a perfect week.

I did have to laugh at Bo/RSW rolling into the warehouse.

It was so cheesy. It killed the whole stand off for me. I hope that he didn't hurt his back. LOL!

I have been enjoying Stacy and Kim scheming against Rex and Gigi. I hope one day that Schyler awakes from his Gigi induced coma and realize that he loves Stacy.

Edited September 13, 200916 yr by Ann_SS

I loved the location scenes too. I thought the editing was well done to make it look like the location-warehouse was the same as the studio-warehouse.

Last week's location scenes were superb. The camera angles and the editing all came together to amplify the excitement that unfolded.