-- Excellent holiday show. Haven't seen the other soaps yet, but I highly doubt any of them will come close to this for warmth and family feeling.
-- Not to say "I told you so," but I told you so -- that the best thing for Vernon to do was to sing Clifton Davis' own "Never Can Say Goodbye." It was perfect not only because it's Davis' song, but for every storyline reason.
-- Clifton's singing and delivery was perfection. Bravo. That was the emotional high point of the show.
-- Leslie was written properly today. She had her win by having dinner at the country club -- very materialistic -- and then was rebuffed on her Ted visit. Pretty sad if you ask me, but deserved. On Y&R, we'd see Phyllis interrupting everyone else's good time, so I'm glad for this writing.
-- The diamond earrings Leslie bought Eva looked like glass to me and not even nice cubic zirconia. Was that intentional?
-- Pretty telling that Ashley, Derek, and Tomas have all been sidelined for these holiday gatherings.
-- For me, the only negative in the episode was the dialogue between Eva and Izaiah. It's just one cliche after another. I actually rewatched their scenes because I thought I might be wrong, but I don't think I am. All of it was absolutely cliche to me and devoid of any real personality.
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