AMC: Monday, October 26, 2009

[Jonathan]

I hate poetry. Apparently Zach's favorite poem, "She Walk in Beauty," was inspired by its author's deep love for his cousin. Gross.

[reallyhateskateonlost]

Oh give me a break, Annie is NOT Annie Oakley. I'm sick of this.

[R Sinclair]

Ryanica.

[Cheap21]

The stupidity that is Amanda. When David presented her with this proposal about wanting another baby with her so that Trevor can have a sibling WHY didnt she tell him that he will after she and her HUSBAND Jake start having children? I was waiting for this to come up but nope it didnt. She does realize that any children she has with Jake will be a sibling to Trevor's right? That would have been the perfect counterpoint to David's ludicrious suggestion but for some reason it didnt pop into her head. I cant beleive she is actually contemplating taking him up on his offer. She cant even get custody of the one child she has with this guy. How does she think she can handle fighting him for 2?

I never got any love or feelings from Annie for Adam but her last scene today had her expressing it and talking about how she's trying to protect him. Thing is she said all of this alone so she wasnt in a position to lie or manipulate anyone. So does she actually have feelings for the guy?

[DRW50]

Sticking her tongue down Scott's throat is an odd way to show her feelings.

I've never bought that she cares about Adam, she has just used him and his money. I think they may be trying to rectify that now, but her character changes personalities so much, it's hard to tell.

[R Sinclair]

What would that accomplish? David wants Trevor to have a full blooded sibling. Amanda bringing up creating a sibling with Jake would do absolutely nothing to help her cause. Sure, it would give the Jake and Amanda fans a little bone to beat David in the head with, but ultimately doesn't change the fact that David wants another child with Amanda. I know, I know, he already has one. He wants another one. As in, "in addition to" the one he already has.

That's typically why they have scenes like these.

[Cheap21]

full blood sibling vs half sibling...whats the difference? A sibling is a sibling. Part of his argument is that he doesnt want Trevor to grow up alone. Amanda' future children with Jake would accomplish teh same goal for Trevor than any child with David. Besides David brought up Tim in his argument to sway Amanda calling on her memories growing up with a brother. Well Tim is a half sibling to Amanda, not a full blooded one

[R Sinclair]

You're going out of your way not to get this, Cheap. David wants another child with Amanda. It's just that simple. If Amanda has a child with Jake... it's Jake and Amanda's child... not David's! There are those weird, perverted, beyond sick sons of bitches out there that actually want their children to share the same parents. As old fashioned and just plain David-Psycho as it may sound... those people do exist. Granted, you'll have to search in caves and under bridges, but they're out there!

[Cheap21]

no I get that but Amanda however does not. David did not say any of that in his proposal to Amanda. He simply told her that he wanted a sibling for Trevor and she bought it. I thought Amanda should have told him that he will get one when she gets pregnant by Jake, which would lead to David responding to that. Instead she made things way to easy for him and doesnt see the bigger picture and what he's after

[Vee]

What the [!@#$%^&*] is this, The Handmaiden's Tale? Why is Amanda just obligated to pump out another Gut-baby just because The Gut demands it? Isn't she with Jake? What claim does David's crazy ass have on her, exactly? Why are these people so stupid and afraid of The Gut's "powwaaahhhh"? Don't they remember he tried to commit genocide at a Fourth Of July picnic?! He tried to go all Jonestown up in this bitch! Call Anna Devane, she'll tell you!

As for Annie, what a [!@#$%^&*] mess they've made of this. Initially, when I heard of the plans, I was actually all for Adam/Annie and even Ryan/Erica - I thought they were interesting, innovative ideas that could have worked, with Adam and Annie especially harkening back to classic soap old/young pairings, sort of a riff on Mac and Rachel or Asa Buchanan and his bevy of Pretty Young Things. So of course Pratt fucked this sideways. Just like at GH, Pratt writes he's still doing primetime plotting and scripting, which comes off extremely slapdash, lazy and ADHD in a 5-day-a-week daytime pace. Who is Annie? What does she want? Why does she do what she does? Does she make any sense at all? They had potential gold with Melissa Egan as quasi-reformed psycho Annie, but Pratt has mangled her into this sort of scrambled Kimberly Shaw clone who alternately is either nuts, or [!@#$%^&*] around on Adam with his young relatives while taking his money, or secretly really in love with him...what? What is it? Who is she? They're wrecking this character who actually had potential. Who gives a [!@#$%^&*]? She's become another Pratt blow-up doll: Flip one switch and she does 'psycho.' Flip the other and she plays 'whore.' Two settings, no dimension. Pratt did this to another promising actress on GH - Cynthia Preston, who played Faith Rosco. Same type of character.

[Steve]

I expected Amanda to at least mention having children with Jake, too.

I think Annie eventually developed feelings for Adam even though initially she was just using him to stay out of jail.

I thought David, as a doctor, would bring up the viability of a full sibling in case of a medical problem. At least then it would have made sense for Amanda to consider his offer. I bet Pratt and/or Rebecca Taylor didn't know Tim was just her step-brother.

Annie's redemption under Pratt was originally quite entertaining, but then he decided to return her to psycho form and imo that's when Annie stopped working as a character. She has no clear purpose or motives.

[Juliajms]

I agree with you. On soaps they either try to push the agenda that biology is everything or that it is nothing depending on what fits the plot. There is no middle ground or understanding that it can mean different things to different people or mean something, but not everything. I definitely think it's legitimate for someone to want their child to have a full sibling, just like it's legitimate for people to adopt and consider that child a full sibling to their biological child. Anyway, Trevor already has a sibling in Marissa and she's the best kind. One that could plausibly take over raising him, if it ever became necessary. It's hard for me to accept that David wants another child with an idiot like Amanda.

[Cheap21]

Im glad Im not the only one

Tim is more than that...he's her cousin

[EricMontreal22]

Hey I feel Ihave to stick up for my mand Byron here. He may have done some shocking thingsa t the time (like have several male lovers) but back then cousins marrying actually wasn't all that weird--especially distant cousins. Besides the theories that suggest it was for his cousin also say it was written when he first met her at a family funeral and wa staken with her exdtreme beauty--it's an ode to her beauty not to their love (which might not be a big distinction but...)

Oh yeah--AMC well umm I agree with most on here. What I found intereesting was after whats eemed like months of having Aiden and Kendall barely even hang iout, they brought back their friendship hardcore this time.

[Cheap21]

I also found it ludicrious when David said that if she goes through with this he will "allow" her to be with her husband. Oh really? What an a-hole