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The Victor/Kyle scene was intriguing. MM look of horror was great when Victor said that Diane was going to take the keys back to Jabot and more + that he'd set a time bomb in the Abbott household.

I do like that they are planting the seeds that all the things Jack + Diane said in their ruse rang way too deep and truthful to all those who observed it. If there's no thing we know in the 40 years since Diane came on the scene is that she is never complacent or satisfied.

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12-3

 

Now, Josh Morrow, don't you dare be one of those men wearing Bieber pants. You are too old and look too good to not be wearing pants that show what God gave you. Quit. 

 

That said...I guess it will be a slow crawl to the next part of Sharon's storyline. I'm kinda ready cuz these Jordan/Ian scenes are giving me FV's block filming over on GH. lol. Things to see them out and about and the reveal of how Sharon has been acting the way she's been acting. And it's cute that it's Nick clueing in Chance.

 

Kyle/Claire...meh. Though to be fair...I liked MM when he had pandemic bod so I'm bias. I am starting to wonder how Claire will react when she realizes Jordan is out and about though. Perhaps she will be a spoiler for them going forward. 

 

 

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I hated Dr. Eve Guthrie on GL and associate her in part with the downfall of that show, but Claire’s whitewashing is even deeper than hers. At least a lot of characters still openly feared Eve would lose her grip on her mental health, even when it appeared she’d gotten on the straight and narrow. Claire should be treated more as a ticking time bomb and not some giggly, pure Mary Sue. Nikki shouldn’t have gotten so comfortable with her so quickly, for example. 

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This girl went to college and managed to get a big ass tattoo. She had corporate experience. She lived plenty of life away from Aunt Jordan. She isn't some rube. She may have been groomed, but she was an adult and she chose to participate when she had other options. You can't just handwave that. There has to be a redemption arc like Michael Baldwin had.

How is Nikki all "teehee, you should be my assistant again!" when the last time, she drugged her and hooked her up to an IV of freaking alcohol which gave Nikki PTSD for months? So stupid.

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So Kyle has been with two of Victor's granddaughters. Not that I'm trying to give Josh Griffith ideas, but he could eventually pursue Faith and make it three for three. Obviously he can't be with Katie because they are biological cousins.

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Absolutely. She’s not some rube, but the show treats her like some innocent, overprotected schoolgirl. The redemption arc would have been interesting and soapy. Perhaps Victoria would have been her advocate while Nikki/Nick/Victor were still on the fence or even hostile. Perhaps Claire could have found a dubious mentor in Adam as a Newman family black sheep.

And there’d be this fascinating undercurrent to the scenes with Summer, as Summer would be pushing Claire to see if she could get her to break and expose her loose grip on reality. And perhaps Claire would be afraid she’d lose Kyle if he knew she wasn’t quite together yet. 

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Anyone else notice how great SC has looked during the past two weeks? It's interesting how natural she looks as soon as the confession/stopped taking the tainted pills.

I'm starting to wonder if make-up intentionally made Sharon look more puffy because she was being drugged.

I know there's speculation about it being for other reasons, but the timing seem far too coincidental.

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See? I didn't even think about the fact that Phyllis might have seen what hit her car. Well-played. So this Sharon storyline continues to turn. That however does not make that Giggly Heffa any less annoying though. I hated those popshots she was taking at Christine...still mad that Danny picked her. And I'm not looking forward to a Heffa/Whiny Billy/Sally triangle. Or I could be if it means that Phyllis and Billy will get together and I can just FF them. Poor Sally.

 

I didn't mind Nick vs Adam at all. I'm not sure if this is really Adam trying to be a good friend to Sharon or another brother triangle merry-go-round, but I felt those were good scenes. 

 

Lord have mercy. Please don't let Summer be jealous of Kyle/Claire. 

 

I continue to love the little things that have changed with Ed Scott's return. I felt this episode and last both saw the directors really trying to be creative/old school with some of their camera angles. And I guess the swooping in camera angle in the beginning of episodes is here to stay. That said...yeah this CGI needs to go. 

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12-06

 

Was that Victor's Theme that was playing when Victor let Kyle know what time it was and he's about the long game?

 

Victor. Ahhhh....Victor. I can't believe how a little bit goes a long way. He was something else as he matched wits with Kyle, tried to mess with Diane, and went up against Jack. And ooooo at Jack getting the last word. You all were right. PB clearly enjoyed that. Go, Jack!!!

 

Okay, Summer, girl, I see you. The light shade she was throwing at Claire during their talk. I wish that Claire did not take it so well. And Claire definitely should have felt a way when Summer broke the news to Kyle before Claire could...and it's CLAIRE'S news. 

 

Nothing really happened, but I really enjoyed all the characters in this episode. I see the directors were at it again with interesting camera angles.

 

But overall, this week was okay. It had a sense of building up stories again. Just disappointed that they lost all of that momentum when they had a nice groove going. Probably because GH has a good grip on me these last two weeks with two central main plots that rotate easy between A and B plot and a debatedly solid C plot underneath it. 

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