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One Life To Live Discussion Group
I've developed some very bad habits since I've started watching the show on TiVO. I find myself so impatient to get to some storylines that I will ff right through scenes where I know nothing really new happens. It's not all the time - just on days where I can sense that nothing really new is going to happen in some stories, and others have me more curious/invested.
It happened yesterday, and I caught myself last night thinking about this (when nothing else was on tv), and I went back and actually watched the scenes I had skimmed through and was surprised at how much of the show I had actually missed...
* The great time from Viki to Charlie about how someone is trying to make Jessica question her sanity; this is actually a fascinating dynamic to watch play out.
* Todd talking about bouncing between Tea and Blair was good self realization - Blair's actions are SOOO in keeping with the character, imo; we've all forgotten, because of her relationship with her kids or her aunt, what a messed up, vindictive, creepy person she can be.
* Nick does NOT blink! Or if he does, it's infrequently. Maybe that's why I don't like the guy - or the actor. Kyle is one of the best actors OLTL has right now - I hope they can work him more into the show
* Fish and Cris as buddies were good, but the way the scene was written at the end with them sitting down to watch tv was awkward - don't know why.
So, clearly, the stuff that had my interest yesterday was Dani and Matthew (which were just OK - they didn't blow me away, and a couple of times I thought it felt like both of them were reading lines, and I almost never feel that way with him - all in all, I kind of like where this is going - with their relationship WAY down the road - and find it hysterical that Todd gets a second daughter, and she is going to be paired with the son of ANOTHER mortal enemy! haha!) - and Tea and Ross. I found it insane, however, that the two of them feel they have free reign of the house of one of the most powerful people in Llanview, and one of the candidates for mayor. I love her with just about everyone, and am I wrong or were those THE first scenes Todd and Ross had together since Ross came back???
Back to Matthew/Dani and this school thing...
* Bo and Nora are scum for what they did - why none of the other adults call them on it is beyond me; I really hope Viki tisks them good when she finds out. They (and Blair) and hideous (fictional) human beings and have zero moral ground to EVER look down their noses at Todd or Dorian ever, ever again.
* Isn't part of the deal w/ Matthew that he needs help with even doing things like changing his clothes or going to the bathroom? They made this point more than once. I find it odd that they would put him in a school where this isn't addressed, or a roommate not with the same limitations.
* Elijah and Ross can't find Dani? Seriously? The girl is hiding in plain sight - there are maybe a few hundred of these kind of schools in the entire world - she's going by her name (Danielle Rayburn) - a decent PI (not Tad Martin or Rex Balsome) could find her without stealing her briefcase (and what is this? 1982? Since when is all of the information about the girl in a briefcase)
I'm sure I have more issues - pffft for now.
I blame part of this on reading the spoilers, and knowing ahead of time what is happening day to day. I am less invested in the daily shows than in the overall big picture stories.
* Viki and Charlie about how someone is trying to make Jessica question her sanity: I've been saying for some time that whoever is stalking Jessica is trying to make it look like she's losing her mind. If it's Nash's parents, then they might try to swoop in and get custody of Bree. I understand that the stalker wants revenge on Jared and Natalie for Nash's death, but why go after Jessica unless there is a second motive?
* Todd talking about bouncing between Tea and Blair was good self realization: 'Bout time he realized it. Now he just needs to leave Blair's bedroom before doing the deed and sort out what he wants. If he has sex with Blair I will sign him up for repeated floggings. As for Blair, she's regressed. But that may be the point of this. Todd is no good for her. She regresses to her old, vindictive self around him. Get her away from Todd Manning and back with John so John becomes tolerable to watch again. Or Ross. I like her with Ross. (And how I would love for Ross to spill the beans to Todd that Blair put the monkey wrench into the Ross/Tea divorce - after the kidnapping charges have been permanently dropped, of course. It would serve Blair right.)
* Nick does NOT blink! Or if he does, it's infrequently. Maybe that's why I don't like the guy - or the actor. Kyle is one of the best actors OLTL has right now - I hope they can work him more into the show: What I don't like about Nick is that he's just a SPD for both the gay marriage angle and as a spolier to Kyle/Fish. Not only do I love BC as Kyle, I like the way he is written. He's conflicted, but his conflicts make sense.
* Fish and Cris as buddies were good: I thought Fish's suspicion that Cris put on his shirt when Fish came in was stupid. Why not have Cris say "I paint with my shirt off because painting is messy, but I'm not painting now." Fish is being very reactive these days, which I suppose is a result of coming out, but I'm getting just a little tired of it.
Dani and Matthew: I certainly hope Tea has a good reason for ripping her daughter's life apart, something more than keeping Dani away from Ross and Todd. Something like Dani's life was threatened by someone Tea prosecuted at one time or a client who wasn't happy with how things turned out. The actress looks like she could be Tea's daughter. The scenes were expository, which was needed to create a bond between Dani and Matthew, but expository scenes can be boring. When Matthew had that look on his face after Dani left, ali I could think was "poor Destiny". Her heart is going to get stomped on.
Totally agree about Bo and Nora.
I would think by this time that Matthew would have learned through occupational therapy how to dress himself and use the bathroom. When he first came home from the hospital he would have needed that kind of help, but by now I would think he could do quite a bit on his own.
Definitely agree about Elijah and Ross not finding Dani. And Tea is stupidity personified if she's keeping information about Dani in her briefcase. More likely it would be in her Blackberry, if she kept it at all. I would think she would have memorized the phone number and would just dial it. That way she doesn't have to worry about anyone hacking into her electronic gear.
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I can understand those bad habits. I let myself drift during scenes I'm not interested in and sometimes really miss out.
I hated the Jessica cell call from Nash scenes. Ick. I know she's got issues and this a soap, of course, but wouldn't most people just assume it was someone messing with recordings? I do think a real person would be tormented emotionally, but intellectually, they would KNOW better. And as to Jess's sanity, well, you know that line about shooting fish in a barrel..
(I agree with those who said the sister's call was just tooo convenient.).
Yes, Todd was having a moment of clarity for once. It was nice. But alas , the idiot within tookover. Damn, pushing Blair out a window is no longer a satisfactory catharthis. Now, I need to imagine grinding her face into the ground!!!! (I'm not a violent person, I swear!!) Yes, Blair was never an angel. I've felt for some time that she didn't have the right to look donw her nose at Toddidily-o. She really is becoming Dorian.
I liked the Cris/Oliver scenes but I felt it was Cris who was awkward in the beginning scenes and it seemed more natural toward the end...?
I am liking Kyle less the more scenes he is in with Nick. I am sure it is just my feelings about Nick rubbing off on him. Can't wait til the wedding crap is over so maybe Nick will go away.
John, John, John!!! I couldn't believe how rude he was to poor little Fishie after Fish got the job done. If that wasn't the equivalent of Wham, bam, roll over and kick your partner out of bed, I don't know what was. Fish would've been putting his career in more jeopardy by coming in when he was expressly forbidden. Grrr.
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