I'm in late April 1992 right after A-M fires Blake after Eleni overhears Holly saying that Blake called immigration on Eleni. Right now all the "good" characters are talking about how A-M is the most devious person ever for blackmailing Nadine to hand over the Lewis Oil bid in a contract he was bidding against Billy for. Nadine had leaked to the Inquisitor that Vanessa was the anonymous woman pressing attempted rape charges against a Spaulding client-something A-M actually specifically wouldn't do even though he was in a rivalry with Vanessa. This whole thing seems rather quaint compared to later Spaulding shenanigans. A-M is now legitimately doing sketchy/amoral things, but it's funny how early they had Harley talking about how much he'd changed for the worse over things like being upset that someone had broken into the Foundation's computer that held all the accounts, wearing a suit a lot, or just taking his first job at Spaulding seriously in general.
The whole face-off with A-M/Blake/Eleni/Holly was a real powerhouse of good actors. Watching Melina K and Sherry Stringfield square off was fun.
A-M definitely was using Blake during this time and is throwing her under the bus, but it's an interesting mirror with Nick who has the DNA test saying he's not Alexandra's son but is taking the Spaulding board seat for his own purposes to find out dirt, etc. The way Nick just keeps using Alexandra's desperation to have a son again seems just as bad as what A-M was doing but the show keeps putting him in the "good category." Alex keeps scheming partly because Nick keeps staying in her orbit and stringing her along.
In this plot line I also enjoyed the Roger/A-M confrontations. I do feel like looking ahead a couple of years that they really wasted an opportunity when Roger made A-M the primary fall guy/target in his embezzlement scheme. I think if he'd just scammed Alex there would have been more room to lure A-M over to Roger in one of the many times A-M gets cast aside, and Roger while trying to manipulate A-M also very clearly recognizes his weaknesses/insecurities and largely is speaking the truth. Not that Roger doesn't eventually alienate everyone, but I feel like a period of a true Roger/A-M alliance would've had some interesting potential.
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