Up to December 16th, 1992
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"Santa Bo."
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The Holidays are coming... but the mood in Llanview is dreary. AS USUAL. 😆
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Like something straight out of a horror movie.... or "The Joker", Bo Buchanan's mania has officially entered his Britney Spears 2007 era. The only thing left for him to do is shave his head and beat someone up with an umbrella. I'm so grateful to the writers for doing this without rushing. They could have just buried the irrelevant character Sarah and then made Bo fall in love with Nora in 5 episodes. If this was The Bold And The Beautiful it would have taken even less. Instead, they are showing us all the stages of grief and Bo's scary unraveling. The acting is once again... better than 99.9 percent of what I see on primetime. I can't believe Robert S. Woods didn't get an Emmy for this. I really can't. In a few words - Bo became a crazed Santa, bringing a bag of gifts to "The Banner" and then pretty much assaulting one of the women working there. I think it's time for a call to hot Dr. Jonas and then maybe a long stay at the psychiatric hospital.
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It's been hinted at for months now... Hank's negative reaction to his daughter Rachel going out with Kevin. Well it's finally crystalized into the plain and simple - Hank doesn't want them together, because he thinks that Rachel being with a white man will complicate her life. Nora was the one who dared to finally speak about this directly, even though we had Sheila mentioning it too in the previous episodes. But Nora did it without any sweetening or making it easy for him. Sheila was a lot more gentle in her approach. It's yet another controversial subject the show is talking about. Definitely the scene of the day. As you all know, I adore Rachel and if Hank does anything to ruin her relationship with Kevin... I'll be pissed. But that makes great drama!
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Everyone is finally combining forces against Blair. Tina, Cain, Alex... are now joined by Renee and... even Viki. They just can't decide who is going to be the one to break it to him - tell him that Blair lied about the entire pregnancy thing. Renee had this amazing idea - maybe Blair wanted to fake a pregnancy/miscarriage, so that she can then tell Asa that she couldn't get pregnant anymore, in order for him to stop harassing her for sex anymore. It finally made sense to me.
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Viki said Goodbye to Sloan, but the moment her husband went out of town for business (I love how husbands get out of town the moment the wife starts having doubts about them), they met again at the hospital. Viki tried to be cold, but the second Sloan mentioned he is seeing a doctor, her whole expression changed. There were no words, no dialogue. Erika Slezak... in just one expression told us that she still loves him and is worried about his health. I love moments that don't need dialogue. Later Sloan eavesdropped, hearing where Viki will be tomorrow... shopping for Christmas presents. Oh... my... why do I think I know where this is heading?
Overall - 10/10 - the show is taking it slow the past few episodes. But I needed a few calmer episodes after so much drama.
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Clip of the day
Hank vs Nora!
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Maxim ·
