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I enjoyed their verbal sparring as well--it has the give and take of two people who know, like and respect each other and it could easily morph into actual flirting but that won't happen because the poor man has to interact with Carly. I was watching the Ava, Kristina and Alexis scenes and I realized that KM is playing Kristina exactly as she played Abigail on Days, like there's this deep core of unpleasantness to her.

I guess I'm in the minority because I really like the new Emma and I think she'd make the better WSB recruit. Emma has the ability to step back, look at a situation and act accordingly. For example, she saw the vendor being scammed, stole the jerk's wallet and gave the vendor the money owed to her. Joss would have started screaming, causing confusion and nothing would have been solved. Sure what Emma did was illegal but she's young, she's allowed to enact a little street justice :):) I also got the feeling Emma's taking Gio's wallet was a joking reference to their first meeting--I hope Trina gives Emma a chance and gets to know her before simply taking Joss' opinion. Words can't express how awesome Anna's "No sweetheart, you just made it harder to catch Cyrus" to Joss was because the twit needed to hear that the police need to build cases against criminals--did Joss truly think that Anna was going to arrest Cyrus because he stopped ringing a bell? Brennan has to be punking us that Joss is his new project. She is as impatient and careless as Carly, that is not the making of a good detective. I'm going to be honest here, there aren't many soap heroines I actually buy as genuinely good detectives: Anna Devane will always be my top pick, followed by Hope Brady as a second pick. If the show wants us to actually believe Joss is a good investigator, she needs to stop jumping to conclusions and screaming at people when things don't go her way.

Maybe I'm just dumb, but I think the kidnapping was all a set up, designed to scare Martin--Jason made a point to say that he didn't want things to get messy, Anna made a point to hand Jason the zip ties in front of Martin--they wanted to legitimately scare him. I don't think Anna or Jason would actually hurt Martin. That being said, when Brennan was going over all of the ways to track Charlotte--check for on line activity revolving around names of her horses--I think that's the reason Spinneli was at the warehouse, he was already checking for all that because I refuse to believe Anna didn't think of all that already.

So I just watched the episode featuring Sister Boniface's being accused of a crime she didn't commit and I was dying at Mrs. Devine's "I have a great plan, but it's a bit risky, especially for me," and it turns out all she did was wear a nun's habit and sit in the cell at the Kembleford police station. I mean, is the show serious with this? Are we supposed to see this rather lame act as extremely brave? And I noticed Mrs. Devine wasn't overly praised about her Inspector Sullivan drawing--maybe there's hope for her yet :)

As much as I'd enjoy Carter punching out Ridge, what I need is for Brooke to completely lose it on Ridge and for Eric to side with her. We all know Steffy's just nodding her head in agreement but I'd love for her to have her own realization that she'd never want Kelly or Beth to be called a bitch and she'd then tell of her dad too. But Brooke, Hope and Eric telling off Ridge and Steffy would be cool too and a bonus of Ridge getting punched out :):)

Yes, the hardcore streets of Malibu :):) How can Finn deal with having such a hardcore and badass wife--who runs away crying as soon as something doesn't go her way. I'm kind of done with everyone's horrified reaction that Hope had the audacity to kiss Finn--like how DARE Hope try and touch something that belongs to Steffy--but Hope was just supposed to instantly forgive Liam and Steffy for their many indiscretions. And now we have Finn and Steffy's telepathic connection where Finn knows KNOWS that Luna's behind Steffy's disappearance.

My first post messed up so I need to make a second reply. I think Anna will be horrified at Cates death--she may have disagreed with him on how the Pikeman/Jason situation was handled but she didn't want him killed. I hope she's the one that arrests Sonny for Cates murder.

Agreed. Cates has every reason in the world to never forgive Sonny for his abusive treatment of Karen. The fact that Sonny acts like Cates is out of line is appalling.

I do think deliberately setting out to sabotage someone's mental health has an insidiousness to it that's deeply unsettling. There's an evilness to it that can't be overlooked and I hope Anna realizes it. And yes, Val should have been arrested for being behind a gun running para-military operation but the show decided otherwise. I wish I knew why the writers are so determined to make law enforcement behave so lawlessly.

I'm going to enjoy watching the scenes where it's revealed that Valentin's behind the pill switcheroo--I hope that level of cruelty snaps Anna out of whatever weird sympathy she has for Val and she doubles down on getting him behind bars. That is the only way she can be redeemed. But she wasn't wrong with what she said to John, that he needs to dial back his anger. If he truly wants Sonny to be sent to prison, then he needs to do things by the book and that means not listening to Ava Jerome and helping cover up her knowledge of the pills switch and how she knows the pharmacist. KM has never been a warm actress--her version of Abby on Days was cold and her version of Kristina is lacking in warmth. Her eyes are filled with tears and her voice is cracking as she talks about the baby, but it all feels fake, like she's literally playing a part.

The thing is, Anna is right about Cates: in his zeal to get Sonny, he's cutting corners, getting sloppy and he's going to end up looking unprofessional and unhinged. That in no way takes away that Anna herself has been grossly unprofessional and unethical in letting Valentin walk free. Both Anna and Cates have acted deplorably and they are a disgrace to law enforcement, even fictious ones.

I think both Cates and Anna are out of control and they both need a good talking too :) Anna had Jason dropping truth bombs on her and now it's Cates turn. I also think Anna wants to point out that he'd originally thought she was the head of Pikeman so there might be a hint of "I told you so" in the middle of wanting to help Jason.

I just want to say YES to your entire post. While I did enjoy Anna's pointing out that maybe it's time for Carly to finally face some consequences we have her thrilled that Valentin got away with his crimes. WTF?! And I'm sure a life on the lam will be very stable for his lab experiment of a daughter and lastly, Anna's okay with Laura's worrying over what happened to Charlotte? The scene gave me serious whiplash. I will enjoy Anna's telling off John Cates though--I had such high hopes for the character and he's been ruined. I hope AH gets a better job on a show with actual good writing.

I can't wait for Steffy's reaction, she won't be able to keep her composure and her meltdown will be epic and I need for Ridge, Liam and Finn to be present for it. I especially need Finn to see just how hateful Steffy can be towards people she deems are beneath her.

Steffy has been making nasty and meanspirited comments against Hope/Brooke/the Logans for years, so of course Hope's going to call out Steffy's "business" decision for the hateful move that it is. I also loved Hope's pointing out how much Brooke has done for the company and than asking what exactly Steffy contributes--GO Hope!