It might have been better if she had worn it on her apron.

^LOL!

Or her going straight from dating a child pornographer to the drunk driver that killed her daughter.

LOL

i don't recall but did he have plastic surgery or something? I don't care if its 5, 10 or 20 years. You don't forget the face of the man that killed your child. I'd have thought it would be forever burned in her memory

Yeah, I think he did have facial work.

And now that I think of it - he was a Catholic priest, right? So they couldn't have dated. Or was "Elliot" a Protestant minister? I know they flirted a lot.

I remember thinking - and I was like 10 or something then - dear, God, writers - you shack Brooke up with the guy that killed Laura #1 right after she was doing the nasty with the guy that took nude pics of Laura #2 (at age 15)?!?!?

I'm surprised Brooke never had major depression. After that Jim story, the Brooke character should have had a more lighter plot - like something not too intense (with Aunt Phoebe, Tempo, ect.).

Edited April 12, 201312 yr by Pine Charles

In the first half of 2000, Reverend Eliot Freeman found Brooke working herself ragged at the community center. Brooke's grief for her dead daughter, Laura, rushed back to the surface when a drunken Arlene Vaughan crashed her car into a telephone pole that ended up slamming through the center's outer wall. Eliot comforted Brooke and got her to open up about the pain she was still feeling for her daughter. The pair grew closer and closer, even being awarded temporary custody of foster child Ricky Collins, but Brooke was unaware that Eliot had a secret he was keeping from her --- he had another identity. Before "finding God," Eliot went by another name --- Josh Waleski, the man who had killed her daughter.

Eliot was eventually forced into telling Brooke that he was the man who had taken her daughter from him. Brooke erupted in a fury and lashed out at Eliot for having lied to her for months. More importantly, Brooke was left to question herself for allowing herself to fall in love with the man who had killed her daughter. Eliot decided to leave town to help Brooke heal. Before Eliot left for good, Brooke finally found a way to forgive Eliot.

Ew.

Oh...yeah.

Poor Brooke

I think that as well and I would not be complaining. They have the dynamics plus they have enough potential to be in stories for years to come.

If anything, I think Jesse and Angie are being positioned as the next generation Joe and Ruth.

IIRC, Adam mellowing and trying to focus on what really mattered to him was primarily because of Stuart's death. With Stuart alive... well, Adam could easily have gone back to his old scheming ways in the 5 years that supposedly elapsed between the finale and the reboot. In fact, I could see that being a big source of tension between Adam and Brooke - he schemes to get whatever he wants, and she wants the mellow Adam back.

IMHO, Adam, David and Erica are all a lot alike in that they've matured and changed a little over the years - Erica has grown up the most IMHO but then again she was also 15 when we first saw her - but they haven't been fundamentally changed as characters. They are who they are, and while they're passionate about protecting their family, pursuing professional success, etc., they haven't been dumbed down or remade as totally different people (cough, KWAK, cough).

Yes, Angie and Jesse as the strong pillars of Pine Valley is the best. Sending a message that minorities can have successful happy marriages i.e. Cliff and Clair Huxtable on the Cosby Show. Both are legacy core characters of long ago too. Fierce loyal longtime faithful and dedicated Jesse and Angie fans would never allow anything else. The Connecticut Film Center would have mass picket signs and picket lines if anything of a hint of separation of this beautiful and strong couple would be in any writers conscience at all.

The only good thing to come from the Jim story was Dimitri and Brooke whom should have been made an actual couple following that. They had chemistry and she helped redeem him after that debacle with Gloria. I loved how he stood by her side. Plus the Erica angle would have been to die for. Such a missed opportunity. They drop Brooke and Dimitri to stick her with her kid's killer

After that Jim story, the Brooke character should have had a more lighter plot - like something not too intense (with Aunt Phoebe, Tempo, ect.).

Well there was a brief arc with Brooke & Jackson riding around on a motorcycle and performing at comedy clubs lol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uGI-wGa-sA

Yeah, I think he did have facial work.

And now that I think of it - he was a Catholic priest, right? So they couldn't have dated. Or was "Elliot" a Protestant minister? I know they flirted a lot.

I remember thinking - and I was like 10 or something then - dear, God, writers - you shack Brooke up with the guy that killed Laura #1 right after she was doing the nasty with the guy that took nude pics of Laura #2 (at age 15)?!?!?

I'm surprised Brooke never had major depression. After that Jim story, the Brooke character should have had a more lighter plot - like something not too intense (with Aunt Phoebe, Tempo, ect.).

Yes, he did have facial work and I think he was a Protestant minister. It felt like the story was abruptly dropped, but I thought it could've been a really powerful story if it led Brooke to forgive Elliot because she had killed Jim purposely while he accidentally killed Laura and still felt remorse about it. But I agree, it shouldn't have been romantic anyway.

Oh, God. Biker Brooke. That was such a [!@#$%^&*] period.

I don't understand why they kept trying to make Jack and Brooke happen. I like both characters but together, talk about wallpaper.

Did any AMC fan enjoy the "Phantom of the Erica" plot?

This was the only scene I liked:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=khCzPsYxIb4

^ The mask was over the top. Supposedly it was there to protect her scars or something pre-op, but it would have been much better to just have her face bandaged.

I wasn't a fan of "phantom Erica" but I LOVED the scenes where Erica had David locked up in her basement with his hand stuck in a vise - Vincent Irizarry blew me away when he described David's father's suicide. Plus then there was that moment at the end of the basement scenes when they nearly kissed, and then she let him go. SL and VI knocked it out of the park. Plus the whole injured face thing led to the David and Erica romance, and it was insanely HOT. Easily her most passionate pairing.

Yes, Angie and Jesse as the strong pillars of Pine Valley is the best. Sending a message that minorities can have successful happy marriages i.e. Cliff and Clair Huxtable on the Cosby Show. Both are legacy core characters of long ago too. Fierce loyal longtime faithful and dedicated Jesse and Angie fans would never allow anything else. The Connecticut Film Center would have mass picket signs and picket lines if anything of a hint of separation of this beautiful and strong couple would be in any writers conscience at all.

While I do think Angie and Jesse could be the next Joe and Ruth, I disagree that the writers can't ever separate them - maybe it wouldn't be for long or permanently, but I think fans dictating who can and can not be split - shipping - was one of the main problems with AMC in its final years.