Yes, Mike used to be a race car driver. Wasn't it named Lulu something or other?

Was it just me or did the song in the background drown out part of the Mike/Jack scene at the beginning? That was obnoxious.

Ellen Wheeler would be proud.

Edited November 12, 200916 yr by CarlD2

The name of Mike's car was Ludie Belle. And yes, he's always had that accent. It used to grate my last nerve listening to him say COREly instead of CARly. But as much as I dreaded seeing him, I do have to admit, that girl playing his wife has some serious presence on-screen.

Loved seeing that guard's reaction to Craig's explanation of the affair. I only wish she'd followed it up with a cream pie to the face and a knee to the groin.

Janet needs to STFU where Carly's concerned. Either go after your man, or don't. But don't blame anyone else for GAS enough to do it if you won't. And on what planet is anyone obligated to share every scrap of information with you, when you don't share what you know? FCOL, Jan knew Jack had left town, quit his job, and didn't and wouldn't tell Carly or Parker. She now knows he's in SC and can't even tell them he's "with friends", which might go a long way to easing Parker's worries.

I hated the Carly/Craig nasty undertone---but I loved the fact Craig felt the need to lie about it to Rosanna. He knows how sensitive Ro is about Carly where men are concerned. The more he hides stuff, the better it is.

Liked the Babs/Henry and Margo stuff. Lovin' Babs lately, period.

The "Ghost" angle in the Katie/Brad story is getting a touch annoying. And I hate it when Katie deigns to have someone in her life---as long as they're doing something for her.

When is AP leaving? For some reason I feel we are going to be seeing a lot more of Brad before the month is over...la sigh

I always loved MC Mike (since I knew Shawn Christian was never coming back to ATWT). I really do miss seeing his hot face and bitch-face expressions. His story was realistic but a bit depressing. Poor man has a disability, nearly impoverish with a very young wife and child and living in South Carolina. I swear I saw this storyline on some Lifetime movie.

Margo hair isn't cute! Parker's hair reminds me of Joan Jett circa 1982, but I still find it kinda cute on him.

Collier is the hotness....no wonder Jack was checking him out up and down....the guy could turn a straight guy gay! (and yes,the rumour was Parks was caught where he shouldnt be but I cant believe it, he seems so uptight all the time,never got the love for the actor,) LOL on Shawn Christian, I hated him as Mike, he was one of Marland's blue collar/farm boy in tight jeans Holden wannabes...and I never could get over the spray tan and the dyed blond hair (on Days he still is sporting the orange tan but at least his hair is darker.) Wish GL could have gotten Collier before ATWT, he would have made a great long lost Reardon (though GL would have made him either a Cooper or a stranger come to town..) This storyline is boring..he is short term so who cares about his wife and kid??And could they have found a way to get him halfway nekked??

The location shots are better then GL's...at least the camera isnt shaking and there arent rabid cuts from across the street, in a tree, behind a trash can (wish someone had told Wheeler that she needed to be talented and have the skill to be "cutting edge," ) However, like GL, the shots in a "real," house, i.e Mike's kitchen (was that the old house they used in GL...I thought Zimmer was going to stumble out of the laundry room having woken up from a bender after the wrap party) dont "jibe," with the rest of the show. This blue collar story reeks of Wheeler and Kreizman,I just hope they dont have Katie have a backyard filled with rusty ass junk like they had Harley do.

The sets on the show actually look good...maybe I am used to watching people act in a closet but they seemed BIG. I am a returning viewer after 5 years but does the goofy Parker kid have a lot of air time? His hair IS totally Joan Jet and it looked like he was rubbing his face in Shawn Christian's chest it was so orange. Brad as a ghost, does ATWT remember Ghost Reva? Nuff said.

Maybe I'm the one confused. I've seen person after person talk about how Kreizman is a better headwriter than Jean P., they're so glad JP is out and DK is in, etc., but Jean P. HASN'T LEFT!!!!! She just has a writing partner now! They BOTH have equal say with one another in regards to the direction of stories.

I will admit when I read Forbes March interview and he pretty much said that JP was only a figurehead and CG was the real writer of the show, I believed it. Mainly, because ATWT really did a sudden turn around this summer and it was obvious that JP wasn't writing for the show. Also, in Tom P's initial interview he called DK the head writer and JP was never mentioned. And again when DK talked about the November sweeps it never appeared that he was co-writing the stories. Of course, I could be wrong but I really think that JP was demoted at some point and to save face CG never announced it but just took over until DK came on board. Also, the current writing style seems a bit too different from JP's (not that I would say that is a good thing either) but there does seem to be some difference.

The location shots are better then GL's...at least the camera isnt shaking and there arent rabid cuts from across the street, in a tree, behind a trash can...

Or people don't just randomly meet in park for no reason. And scenes aren't shot through blades of grass. Boy, that used to annoy me on GL.

... but does the goofy Parker kid have a lot of air time? His hair IS totally Joan Jet and it looked like he was rubbing his face in Shawn Christian's chest it was so orange.

Parker's had more airtime in the recent past, but you've missed the "I'm sixteen, want control of my trust fund so let's get married" stage.

There must be some kind of special lighting for tan people ATWT doesn't know about. CZP's tan looks fake too, but it's not. And I had to laugh---you could see Jon Lindstrom's burn peeling the other day in his bed scene with Cady McClain.

Maybe I'm the one confused. I've seen person after person talk about how Kreizman is a better headwriter than Jean P., they're so glad JP is out and DK is in, etc., but Jean P. HASN'T LEFT!!!!! She just has a writing partner now! They BOTH have equal say with one another in regards to the direction of stories.

Floved Margo's sarcasm with Craig and Rosanna. Why can't we see more of this Margo, instead of uptight policewoman/suffocating mother?? I like this side of her TONS better.

I was surprised to see Katie bail Henry out. Even if she did halfway believe him, I think it's extremely out-of-character for her to bail him out, when he's under arrest for charges that lead up the demise of her husband (which she blames Henry for). It didn't make any sense. BUT....Henry DID make a fool out of himself with Katie. That was a stupid, idiotic move. All he had to do was leave and then come back when Brad was around. On a related note, I wish Katie would just hurry up and believe Henry so we can get this story over with. If the rumors for and about Austin Peck's firing are true, then why are they keeping a womanizing, aggravating actor around for so long...especially if he was fired because of his cheating and aggravating ways? (P.S.--Anyone else find it odd that Brad can sit on a bench in church, sit on Henry's sofa and coffee table....but yet, he can't touch anything??)

Was it just me or did the song in the background drown out part of the Mike/Jack scene at the beginning? That was obnoxious.

FLOVE Mark Collier and I'm SOOOO glad to have him back (for a little bit....grrrr). And as far as the accent goes....HELLO PEOPLE!!! He's had it since he joined ATWT. Youtube an old Matie clip. You'll hear the same exact accent. I was also really impressed with the actress playing Anna. She did remarkably well for a first-timer. As far as Mike having a wife and kid, it IS possible. This IS a soap opera. People can make raod trips in record breaking time. 9-month pregnancies last 4 to 5 months. New Year's Eve is one to two days after Christmas. Babies that are really 4 are aged to 10. A man can get injured, meet his wife, get her pregnant, and welcome a newborn in the span of 1 year and 3 months. It IS possible!!!

Carly's kinky! Bad girl, bad girl! When she was asking Craig if Rosanna can do/wants to do what she's done with him..... *ooh!*..... naughty!!!!

Seeing Mike with a racecar reminded me. Wasn't he really big into racing cars when he and Rosanna first started hooking up? (Back when Mike debuted in Oakdale)

Janet's a moron. If she's really worried about him, then why was Carly the one that went after him? Why didn't Janet? And of course she's gonna listen when Jack said "please don't come find me". Dummy. When Jack says that, it means "come find me"! Guess Carly's the only one who knows that.....

Parker is acting just a tad bit obsessed with Liberty. I get that they're friends, but he tracks her down 24/7. He's coming on WAY too strong IMHO.

And lastly, what a treat...to see Babs and Margo sharing a civilized conversation! Gah, I don't think people realize how rarely those occur!! And I effing LOVED it!!!!!!

I knew that JP didn't leave I still see her name on the ending credit's.

Being just short of the Anti-Christ, IMO, I didn't think anyone could sink lower than Craig on a day where he basically said "stop screeching about your pain, Carly, I flucked your sister---be happy for us NOW, damnit!"

THEN..Mr.Damian went and played Meg. Don't get me wrong---I'm not sorry for Meg, Meg seems to be playing him like a Stradivarius---but DAYUM, he's officially a SlimeLord of the Fist Order.

Honestly, between Meg (who's got her own PsychoScornedWoman music now) and Carly mind-flucking the men who wronged them, I was more than a little entertained today.

Heck--I even liked Mike and especially his sweetie wife Anna---and I never like Mike. Okay---"like" is a little strong. I tolerated Mike today. No doubt because we got some Carjackerness today as Carly pulled out the compass and ran down to SC to bring Jack home. <BEG>

I am watching Wednesday' show now. Wow, Jack and Mike just ooze chemistry. And I did notice the looks Michael Park gave Mark Collier. Let's see.....Jake.....ummmm...Mick....lol....back to viewing the show.

Btw...loved the the jail scene with Craig/Ro/Police Officer.

Edited November 13, 200916 yr by Ruxton Hills

The "race" scenes are kind of cheesy. I wish we'd get to the part where Carly catches up to Jack already. I did like interactions (Mike waking up and asking if he was back in Oakdale was kind of cute...) and I FLOVED the convo between Jack and Carly, even if it was over a damned radio.

*EYEROLL* Maybe I'm just too old, but is a kiss ON THE FOREHEAD really "inappropriate sexual conduct" severe enough to get Mason summarily dismissed, without any kind of hearing or action from a college/teacher's board? And WTF is this malarkey that makes it seem like Noah's going to be punished just as severely---he's the VICTIM here.

Don't get me started on Luke's hair...if they're trying to butch him up, it's failing.

Lily/Holden---yeah---uhm, can someone just shoot them both and let Emma worry about raising those kids in a "wholesome" environment? I don't know who's the bigger hypocrite---Holden for playing that card, or Lily for being so offended after Faith caught her and Damian in bed.

I will say---CrazyMeg is a lot more entertaining than regularMeg. It's really sordid and smarmy, the way she's selling out her beloved brother Holden in a way just to get laid and hurt Lily---but I kinda hope she winds up torching Damian, hurting Lily and cutting Lily off from both Damian and Holden.

Damn them for ruining my preview buzz with smarmy AussieAsshat Simon Frasier. And from the looks of it, he interrupts a Carjack hug. FLUCKER!!!

Well well it seems Noah is now ATWT's answer to Y&R's Lily. BORING! I also saw in the previews

Molly!

Edited November 14, 200916 yr by soapfan770

Lily & Damien adopting Noah.... I am speechless!

Well well it seems Noah is now ATWT's answer to Y&R's Lily. BORING! I also saw in the previews

Molly!

Ugh...no kidding. Y'know, if he'd stuck to pointing out Luke NEVER supports him, (support as opposed to trying to control Noah with his passive-aggressive bitchiness "oh, don't come to my dad's funeral, he'd want you to do whatever", "WHY didn't you tell me you spent more than five seconds unchaperoned with MASON!) and call him on his pathetic clingyness, instead of complaining he "should have known how Damian operates", maybe he wouldn't seem so annoying.

And just for ONCE, I wish TIIC would LET Luke do something clearly manipulative and deceitful. If they were a straight couple, you can bet Luke would have dropped the dime on a poacher like Mason ages ago.

YAY for the previews in general! I'm stoked to see.....

Molly!

Edited November 14, 200916 yr by P.J.

I've got to say I am loving Wednesday's show. After Monday and seeing parts of Tuesday....Wed is a big improvement. I love seeing Mike again and his wife is a keeper. Too bad they dont head back to Oakdale. Maura West is great on Wed eppy.

Now I am on Thursday's show. So far a good show. Luke is such a drama queen. LOL...going to daddy Damian to cry on....lol

Loving Mike's wife...the actress is a keeper.

Edited November 14, 200916 yr by Ruxton Hills

LOVE the new avatar Ron. Can't wait to catch up on ATWT when my mom hits the hay. I couldn't be more tickled to see Collier again. If all goes well, I'll be beating those drums again soon enough (only louder) & he'll be back on contract in no time!