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I thought this was a good week. And this was a good episode. Though it sounds like entering this new week, that some of this is going to get rushed.

 

Regardless of how long it took, now that Mac knows about Cody, I feel really invested. And even if it seems silly in a way, JJY is selling it, and I feel his pain. I feel Cody's conflict. And I love Felicia...who I always love seeing...and Maxie trying to patch it up. A B/C story it may be, but they are characters I care about, so I don't mind them on the frontburner. Not even mid-burner. FRONTburner. 

 

And the continued mess about the Willow/Drew kiss has been surprisingly engrossing. Well, it was anyway, but even this episode with Sasha telling Cody. It was more about playing the beat of Sasha feeling guilty about what she saw. But maybe that's why I liked it. It's playing a beat. And it's the best kind of soap story...a scandalous secret that could blow up couples and a dynamic. Or two. 

 

We know I live for any Liason scene so getting one unexpectedly was a godsend. And bonus...Liz talking about her art past. Something that I will always love when she references it. But the scene for me was her talking about her feelings. Her POV. So I loved that. And that look at the end when Jason said her kids growing up and being good people is all due to HER. *swoons*

 

In the 'H@ll to the No' Department...

 

Trina turning the other cheek on Heather rang oh so false given the scenes of her at Laura's office. Le sigh. NOW you can throw the Heather storyline away. Can't even shift the direction without it being made plausible. RME.

 

Same for Anna & Val's cat-and-mouse. I can already see Anna looking at him like she was under the old writers. FH played Anna sooooo different after the episode where she heard Val on the other side of the burner phone. She was steely superwoman Anna as she started to plot. Now...she's back to whiny Anna. So ugh.

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Oh, yes, Jason's footbridge, once called Robin's bridge, once referred to as the bridge Sonny went off of & died (yeah right), most recently the bridge Jason went over & off to escape & as of now, from yesterday when Jason & Carly walked to it & drank beer & talked, now the Jarly bridge, of course! Second day on the bridge, Jason & Carly ended up sitting down & talking & drinking beer. Jason reached over & took Carly's hand & played with her fingers. 

He said she did not owe him a debt, never, not between them. 

He said he would do it all again. 

Unfortunately he also said that next week he's going to completely fill Sonny in on everything about Cates & the FBI & try to make him see that he has to let Jason back in because he's in trouble & they need to figure things out together. 

Edit to Add: I have been corrected, even schooled. This is NOT Sonny's bridge. His bridge is in New Jersey. I do not know how but I honestly never knew this. 

Jason has had a lot to say these past 2 days.

Some of us are hoping he just means back into the friendship & not back into the mob. 

Now, I hope I haven't said too much. 

2 days. 

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It's clear that when they put up that bridge set, they've got to use it for multiple days. That's when you get the awkwardness of characters being there for a long, long time, which you pointed out. The beer prop makes it worse.

Speaking of sets, ever notice that the pool platform isn't concrete, but wood? It's impossible to miss the clomping around. Seems odd to me.

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You know who was missing in this scene? Rocco. Even sitting next to a fake Lulu in a coma would do a lot towards grounding him as her son. It did make me wonder if we could possibly see Lulu again sometime in the next few months.

It’s funny, I cannot stand watching scenes with Violet or Charlotte. But I actually enjoy Maxie’s kids.

Scenes like this with Trina should have been happening for months.

The show is still trying to tell more emotional material, but the scripts are back to being generic to me. I can’t put my finger on why. They have details and character bits, but it doesn’t feel as grounded as it did just a couple of months ago. The stories they are telling feel hollow.

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