With the long weekend and today's preemption, I am finally caught up on the show again. The pacing and momentum seem to be getting off track again, and the dialogue still drives me up a wall sometimes. But Anita's story alone would be worth watching for me, and she's one of at least half a dozen characters I love more than any remaining character on the other soaps still on the air.
I also missed a few episodes since (and including) Xmas - in part because of CBS now apparently only making 4 episodes at a time available on the website, instead of 5. I kept trying to catch up on weekends and missing episodes. So please forgive what may be some dumb observations.
I know there has been a lot of criticism of the plasma story, some of which I can live with, but what's really got me scratching my head is what exactly the crime is supposed to be. I even did some googling and as far as I can tell, selling plasma is legal in the U.S. (and also a multi-billion dollar industry). Am I missing something? Even if this enterprise is flouting some of whatever regulations do exist, a nickname like "The Impaler" and the level of violence being presented seems over-the-top.
I'm also struggling a bit with the direction of the Hayley/Bill story now. Like others I think Lynette is a great addition, but I fear the detour with the fake mugging is going to kill the momentum we were already losing fast. Hayley nonchalantly mentioned to Randy in passing (which shocked me, given how impatient she's been up until now) that she had temporarily stopped poisoning Bill to be on the safe side after the lab results scare. But Hayley had been lacing his tea for months, with no apparent symptoms (except that time she got frustrated and gave him more, when he almost died), and now they're going to have to start from square one? When are we actually going to get to Bill's loved ones being afraid for his health and butting heads with Hayley? And where does Bill possibly primarying Martin fit into all this, or is that just not happening?
I'd rather Hayley had just gone full speed ahead with the poisoning and had Lynette figure out what Hayley and Randy were up to, and blackmail them with that. It's also frustrating because the sloppier Hayley gets, the stupider Bill looks, and his character is too awesome to be stupid. All that being said, a part of me still wants to believe the continuity error with her name being misspelled in Bill's phone, which I did not catch, will turn out to be what tips Bill or Caroline off that that's not Hayley's real name and she forgot how she spelled it since she came into their lives.
And then there's the clinic story. Speaking of...
This is an interesting observation, and it resonates with me somewhat, but I think my frustration with Dana/Leslie's trajectory is slightly different. Our introduction to Dana/Leslie was her trying to kill a complete stranger—not once, but twice—as only the first step in her seemingly nefarious plot against the Duprees. I don't think I care about justice for Laura, but why is such a ruthless character not a real threat to major characters, and now she's going to be sharing screen time with Derek of all characters? She has or at least had so much potential to be an iconic soap villain.
Agreed. Anita mentoring the kids is the best part of the cotillion story. I guess I'm alone but I really find Anastasia and Chessie(?) one-note and grating. It's not a love-to-hate thing. And Anita and Dani engaging at their level in the middle of the country club is another example of the aforementioned ongoing problems with dialogue and sets.
I agree with this mostly, but these conversations and PDAs should not be happening at the hospital. And Nicole speaking so explicitly in earshot of colleagues (in the same episode when Anita held her up as an example to the next generation of how to comport oneself in public)...
On that note...
Thank you for sharing your perspective, and I'm really sorry. I admit I did not pick up on this aspect when I watched those scenes, and I recognize my own white privilege in that. I also tend to be a "rule follower" myself.
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