OLTL: Discussion for the week of September 12th

[Antoyne]

Yes I did and then I didn't. Do explain to me how it impacts you at all.

[TeamEric]

To be fair no one, except Clint, really took exception to Ford taking advantage of Jessica. Bo actually assured Ford he did nothing wrong and he's Jessie's uncle, too! Brody punched him once and then promptly forgot all about Jessica. Now Mitch getting his hands on Jessia was treated with all seriousness by her uncles.

Anyhoo, I still say faking DID was the worst thing ANY Todd did to Viki. That was some cruel emotion torture he put her through... I did love the blow she landed on Todd telling him it was worse than father did to her... because he exploited her mental illness on purpose.

[TeamEric]

I watched plenty of heartwarming moments. I really enjoyed the talk Jack and TSJ's Todd shared about finally putting to rest the custody fights once and for all. They were IN CHARACTER snarky but loveable. I thought TSJ's Todd and Starr scene at the high school was especially touching, too.

So we just have to agree to disagree there is NO ONE TRUTH here, just different perceptions of the same scenes.

[TeamEric]

I was hoping TSJ deserved at least one flashback montage. I guess I should count myself lucky the show honored Robin with one.

[EricMontreal22]

Ha it doesn't bother me, though I admit (and this is in no way a personal thing directed at you) I always find it amusing when soap fans post how when this and this happens they're finally tuning out,a nd then more often than not... They don't.

It's picking straws but I still find the attempt at giving the heart of Natalie to Vicki's abusive now super villain style evil back from the dead father tops any list. Just mind boggling.

[TeamEric]

I wanted Natalie to snark to RH's Todd I liked the other Todd better, at least he never tried to cut my heart out!

But I still stick with the fake DID, seriously that was heartbreakingly cruel to Viki.. she suffered such emotional pain at reliving her own DID to help Todd out. She was utterly and completely destroyed he exploited her mental illness for months. ES was beyond brilliant in that scene when she tells RH's Todd with chilling line, not even father hurt me this much. OUCH!!!

[Khan]

I actually think it's tough to decide which action(s) of Todd's against Viki was the worst just because (IMO) there have been more than a few and all have been pretty heinous. As reckless as Tina might've been with her relationship to Viki BITD, even she doesn't compare to Todd.

[EricMontreal22]

No, and I think everyone agrees that Tina's banishment by Vicki last time--when she was doing it to protect her own daughter, was beyond inane given with what Vicki puts up with.

[MontyB]

It doesn't........not at all, LOL.

[MontyB]

Agreed. I couldn't understand the logic behind Viki's reaction towards Tina when everyone else around her gets away with everything.

[MontyB]

+1

[Antoyne]

Is Irene still in jail? I still think she had something to do with his death.

[MontyB]

Interesting you should say that. I have my own theory. I'm wondering if VJ is really dead and if Irene didn't set something up. I recall her saying something to him at the police station about him needing her or that she was someone going to help him......maybe?

[Antoyne]

The thing is I wouldn't even say I'm still watching the show as a whole. I typically work during the afternoons now so the show is on my DVR and I only watch scenes involving the Mannings/Lords specifically: Tea, Blair, Todd, Jack, and Viki but she's never on. If the four adults aren't on at all, I don't even watch the episode cause god knows the kids in the family can't really hold up this story. If I get lucky Starr is in scenes with characters I don't care about so I can skip her too. I really have no idea what else is happening on the show, and the only time I hear about the other stories is if another character happens to be in a scene with the Mannings/Lords and mentions whatever their storyline is, or I read the posts from this thread. I used to actually watch the show as a whole until I realized I found everything else to be really boring.

Jessica/Ford is just..I can't even go there...Brody's character destruction...Rex still seeing a character I was super excited about getting killed off...Destiny's pregnancy and the actress not being able to make me feel anything for her because she smiles when she's supposed to be sad..None of it does a thing for me. Cutter/Aubrey/Aubrey..yeah I just don't know or care what the situation is.

[Cheap21]

Im in denial about his death and I definetly think Irene had him abducted and faked his death. This is all dependent on if they ever get TSJ back but Im not exactly ruling him out as being really dead. A part of me is kinda hoping for another Tea liek fakeout