Amanda cheats on her husband and Jake automatically forgives her for it? No knock down drag out fight, no argument, no residual anger what so ever? No Jake going off into the night to beat down JR in a fit of spousal rage? Basically none of the usual soap trappings what so ever. It seems like Jake doesn't even have the right to be mad at her for it and the show is completely ignoring it. If I was a Jake fan or if Ricky Paul Golden did anything for me as the actor in this role I would be pissed for him. He can't even be mad at his wife who cheated on him because she has cancer. He has to be nice to her and support her through it because she is getting parts of herself ripped out to stop it from spreading. I understand that they got bigger issues but Amanda cheating had no pay off what so ever. Everyone just claps for her and cries crocodile tears because she now has cancer and the fact that she slept with another man is completely lost to everyone.

What's the point? It's not like Jake was an innocent in all this. He was emotionally cheating on Amanda for months with Cara. With her cancer, why bring up stuff that is now pointless?

Nice episode. I like Erica trying to help Dixie but gawd almighty how hard up is that Oakhaven orderly to go sniffing around Janet? Geez man, get a hooker.

I'm okay with where Jake/Amanda are. Yes, there should've been more fall out from the cheating on both sides but that's just another casualty of cancellation and that's okay. Frankly, I've seen enough men on ABC calling their wives and girlfriends "bitch" and "whore" to last me a lifetime and as long as JR is on the show I'm pretty sure AMC will do its part to meet the "bitch/whore/skank" quota. I like seeing Jake step up for his wife and I like the fact that Tad/Cara/Jake/Amanda have made peace and are acting like a family. That's the Martin vibe I like. I really enjoyed Opal getting Amanda to realize that she is good enough for Jake and that the show highlighted that Amanda's insecurity is really more about Janet not Jake. She's afraid of being rejected because she thinks people see Janet in her. That was a nice bit of character growth. It reminded me a little of Erica telling Jane to own her identity.

And yes, I'm going to say it: I HATE that Dixie's return means that Tad is going to be shackled once again as half of this dysfunctional played-out "supercouple." He and Cara are great together and MEK and LH have wonderful chemistry. Tad and Dixie hadn't been genuinely happy since before Brian Bodine.

Tad & Cara are cute, but that's all they have going for them. They have NO sexual chemistry, and no chemistry other than as friends IMO.

Since I am trying to get caught up with AMC now that I am watching again, can someone tell me why Tad and Cara got married in the first place?

Since I am trying to get caught up with AMC now that I am watching again, can someone tell me why Tad and Cara got married in the first place?

So she wouldnt be deported. There are people in Mexico that want to kill her. Dont ask me why. The story never made sense and it was merely a plot device to keep her in town as the danger to her life never materialized

Yep it was a plot device, IMO to tie her to a Martin. She was in danger, yet she comes to PV and brings the very danger to Jake she left him for?

Yep it was a plot device, IMO to tie her to a Martin. She was in danger, yet she comes to PV and brings the very danger to Jake she left him for?

Not too mention that Tad has two young kids, yet that didnt come into consideration when he moves Cara into that home with them

LOL not to mention the danger she brought to Trevor & Amanda as well just by being around them.

Tad & Cara are cute, but that's all they have going for them. They have NO sexual chemistry, and no chemistry other than as friends IMO.

I think they are adorable and I think MEK and Lindsey work well together but no they have no sexual chemistry but not every couple needs to be hot and steamy. Look at all the sexless couples on GH. But I am so over Dixie back from

the dead. It's nice for fans of Tad and DIxie and yeah it was a blunder killing her off but out of all these returns, hers is the one I have been least excited about. Adam, Brooke, even Leo yes and I think I might even like Gillians. Dixie is like meh to me.

And Jake and Amanda, I think the fallout could have been bigger. But I tend to agree its nice for a change to see a couple handle it maturely and take responsibility both of them. Sure its not that soapy but I tend to think the whole Cara, Jake, Tad, Amanda, JR stuff changed course when the cancellation hit anyway.

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And Jake and Amanda, I think the fallout could have been bigger. But I tend to agree its nice for a change to see a couple handle it maturely and take responsibility both of them. Sure its not that soapy but I tend to think the whole Cara, Jake, Tad, Amanda, JR stuff changed course when the cancellation hit anyway.

Definetly. Im pretty convinced Amanda would have been pregnant with a WTD storyline if it wasnt cancelled

With K&S she def. would have been, I'm so glad those hacks are gone

With K&S she def. would have been, I'm so glad those hacks are gone

And this is what has killed soaps. Good lord another WTD story? I know I know its a soap staple and so relevant in 2011. Blech. I can almost be grateful AMC got cancelled so we wouldn't have to see another one of these play out. I kind of like the idea of Amanda having cervical cancer. Now there is a story relevant to 2011 and you at least have writers at the helm who can likely tell this kind of story.

And seeing Leo WOW!!! I like how they ended the show. Now thats the way to do a cliffhanger.

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@Eric - There was no second death for Mike Roy. As you know, that resurrection was part of McTavish disastrous 1998 return to AMC. She clearly didn't get the significance of Mike on Erica's life and wrote the whole thing for "laughs." They were nothing like the intense couple of 15 years prior. As I recall it, Erica soon seemed as put off as the viewers, and Mike simply left town.

That aside, I replayed that obituary scene several times on DVR - and I can't really tell what Ryan mumbled right there. For all I know, he could have said "my groin!"

He did say Mike Roy, but maybe it was from when he originally died? I don't know the story with that LOL

Maybe Mike Roy died sometime between 1998 and now. It has been 13 years and given the life he led, I woulnt be surprised