OLTL: Tuesday May 28, 2013 Episode Discussion

[rhinohide]

No Brody! Just no! That whole mess with Jess was just ugly and Natalie wasn't into him. She should have been maybe. But he was just a placeholder.

[EricMontreal22]

Agreed 100%. Even attempts to give him a family (his singer mom who disappeared, Michael who I guess he didn't notice is actually someone inhabiting Michael's body lol, a murdered sister suddenly on GH) have been utter failures (though I did like Michael in the end, they were barely brothers.) The character just needs ot be put to rest.

And I think that's what they're doing. This stuff is character stuff for Natalie but obviously can be played without John actually being on screen. We have heard NO grumbles of someone who IMHO could be a John recast (and we've heard casting news through August!) I have faith and trust.

[cassadine1991]

I hated how Brody was sacrificed for Ford.. I liked him and Jess, I still wish Ryder was his

[Cheap21]

How about Rick Hearst as a John recast?

[EricMontreal22]

I lust for love Brody too, but honestly there' sno place for him *right now*. He'd be boring IMHO with Natalie, etc, etc. I'd be open for him returning at some point but I see no romantic reasoning, and I don't see any other story for him outside of romance either.

He was before he got the role too (which I suspect was just meant to be short term when he was the evil drunk character he first was)--I suspect he'd be game if approached. But I stand by what I say.

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Would Vicki go lesbian and play the Judi Dench part?

[greens_dupres]

Ok, more than willing to trust the Jolie fans and be wrong on that. I was cheating with ATWT for the beginning years of John/Nat.

Good point. And she did throw the phone down and put on her party dress. Love that Natalie is getting character stuff when I felt like she spent the last few years being dragged from plot point to plot point.

[EricMontreal22]

It's still illegal if it's your teacher in high school (I'm pretty positive on this...)

[EricMontreal22]

I admit I found it kinda ridiculous that she refused to let Drew stay with Jeffrey at Matthew's house who was assumed ot be home any minute--instead she was going to randomly see if her neighbour was free. LOL (WHo I guess babysits for cheap since Hulu+ is ONLY TEN DOLLARS A MONTH!!!!)

[cassadine1991]

yeah it is... I got into in argument over someone on Twitter about this. they said that it won't be illegal because Jack will be held as a hero for sleeping with a teacher, since that's supposedly every high school boy's fantasy, and that it wouldn't be rape, it's kind of a double standard..

[EricMontreal22]

You put it really well. ANd it may have been in comparison with AMC where the first week felt relatively slow next to OLTL--and yeah they did plow through the Victor stuff (which I didn't mind--the reveal reaction aside--Iw as getting into the rhythm.) But like I said, I am really enjoying the dialogue and character stuff (I can see why some wmay want a break from the young adults, they've been on every day it seems, but the actual scenes feel real and relatable to me.)

Snoop has had scenes with Bo at least two times before I believe (one was when he performed at Ultra Violet) and it looks like he'll be trying to gewt Matthew to man up, so will have some story stuff. I'm fine with that--I guess I just get grumpier lately when I watch an episode and before I know it there's five minutes left and I know I have to wait between two to four days for more But yeah like the stuff with the random couple at SHelter--I LOVE details like that on hour 5 days a week soaps where it makes the extras and town feel more alive, and I know that point was obviously some plot point leading somewhere, but I do kinda tap my foot...

So nobody else wondered about Baby Liam's wellfare when Nat went to the bar?

[EricMontreal22]

Of course it's a double standard.

[Cheap21]

Can spoiler discussion be kept OUT of the daily threads? There's a spoiler forum for stuff like that

[cassadine1991]

yeah.. like women can't be predators... I hope that when/if they do this, they don't sweep this under the rug

[EricMontreal22]

Sorry, good point--I thought I was being vague by casting through August, but I shoul be more careful as mostly spoilers bother me too.

[Dee41]

The writing is a bit disjointed. Destiny's statement made no sense to me given the fact she isn't taking money from her family either. She wants Matthew to pay child support but the show is pushing the idea that Matthew is mostly broke. He wouldn't be paying her near as much as Bo/Nora do. In the end she would still be relying on them or her family.

Can the show please clarify Matthew/Destiny's relationship! From what I've seen he's pretty hostile towards her. The only reason he agreed to babysit the first time is because Jeffrey offered and he was acting childish. In all of their interactions Matthew is hostile towards her. We heard Nora saying he's built a wall between him and her/Drew. That seems to match what I've been watching on screen.

Now all of a sudden Matthew babysits for her? They talked about it and made plans? Since when are they on friendly terms? Everything we've seen so far suggests Matthew would tell her to go [!@#$%^&*] herself. I wish I would have seen that. Instead of this Michelle crap give me a scene of Matthew/Destiny/Drew alone.