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If now Abby is back to herself and has conquered the alters, it was an incredibly boring end to a storyline that was never particularly interesting in the first place

I said a couple days ago that I thought the black and white stuff in the locked room was pretty effective and it was again today. I liked that when Abigail realized that no, she did not want to be like Ben she was able to just open the door and run out and he seemed unable to follow her. I like Kassie dePaiva and I like Jen Lilley and I DON'T like that they will probably both be wasted and possibly ruined in some struggle over Brady whenever Theresa manages to make it back to town.

I think Abby in black and white locked in the room has been pretty effective, and I am actually more impressed with MM as an actress over the past few days than I have been up to this point. but sadly, even though both GabbY and Dr. Laura are more interesting than Abigail, she will be the one we will be stuck with when this is all over. And it had better be over soon, I don't know how much more of Stefan I can take (and this is from a Tyler fan.) doesn't Ron usually wind up his May sweeps stories by about mid-May?

I liked Viv calling out Kate's blue streak of hair, which I have always thought is ridiculous

all this "he BRAINWASHED her" stuff is making me crabby and stabby. Abigail has a HISTORY of mental illness.

well, since Julie is Doug's wife she is Claire's step-great-grandma. I don't know what Ciara and Shawn called her growing up, or what they call her now, Aunt Julie or Grandma

The Stefan/"Gabby" stuff was gross, but I thought the show was well paced today and I enjoyed different characters figuring out/learning what the hell is going on. Was Stefan going to tell the household staff that "oh yes, there are three women locked in the tunnels. let them out in a few hours please" as he and "Gabby" were on their way out of town? I too wonder why this has been done to Tyler Christopher, after Show did the same thing to Vincent Irizarry. TC is not on VI's level, but he can be a decent actor when he wants to be and has a long soap history. I always liked Nikolas, so I was happy to see him when he showed up here, but I don't see how there's any coming back from what Stefan's been doing the past few weeks.

In Justin's defense (and just because I love me some Wally) you cannot be general counsel at a multi-national firm AND a criminal defense attorney AND a divorce/annulment-type practitioner and be expected to do well at any of them if you are trying to do them all yep, I even liked him when he was in a horrible role on GH

Can Bryan Datillo please get a new hairstyle? He's had this swept back helmet hair for two decades if not more, and though I don't like him or Lucas in the least, I would like for him to look better and like he was in this century

WHYYY does NBC and/or my local affiliate think that someone at home in the middle of the day who was interested in what Mark Zuckerberg had to say would choose to turn on the television instead of searching it out on some other platform. and certainly, someone like me who recorded this hour of television has absolutely zero interest in watching it after the fact and would much rather watch what I was recording in the first place.

If you are working as a temp, your paychecks come from the temp agency and are not signed by the CEO of the company where you are temping.

Gabby and Abby are making me crabby Dr. Laura is making me stabby

I always like it when shows do a little nod to actors who have worked together before, or an actor's past history or whatever, so I enjoyed Tyler with Stephen and MaryBeth today. two of my favorites from way back were when Terry Lester took over as the second Mason Capwell and said he had been living as "Jack Davies", Jack being the name of his Y&R character and Davies the name of his predecessor in the role, Lane Davies. And when A Martinez joined LA Law someone asked him what he'd been doing before and he said he'd been living in Santa Barbara. There was also one when A started on GH, but I can't remember what it was

Marlena in doctor-mode is my favorite Marlena

I don't love Valerie. She should lose her job for reading Lani's medical records. I might love her in some other storyline, but she is being way too righteous about something that she never should have known about in the first place.

I wish it was someone other than John and Marlena providing support though, since John is the reason this is happening in the first place. Marlena looked so shocked when Steve came tapping out of the hospital room. John seems to not really care one way or the other. and Kayla was really shooting daggers at John earlier in the episode. Hope needs to get back from Hong Kong. she and Kayla have always been close and she and Steve have the very strong Bo connection.

I used to say that Ricky Paull Goldin as Jake on AMC seemed to have so little energy that I sometimes expected him to just put down his head and take a nap. He was wasted on Chrishell Stause who there was very sparkly and fun

don't soap trials always happen quickly (when they happen at all)? no reason to drag out the whole thing when Gabi can be found no guilty and back to business as usual by the end of next week or the week after.

I was surprised at how much I liked the trial. I like how both Rafe and Eli straight up answered the questions, and I thought Justin did a decent job, I don't know that I've ever seen him trying a case before. Lani at the end was great. But what the hell was Melinda (is that her name) Trask wearing? that was some damn weird looking dress, what was with all the pieces attached at the front, like she might need a napkin at any moment

I FF most things Kate, so what evidence did Rafe give to her? Andre's phone?

that was a weird blouse to be wearing at any time.

buffynut, KdP has been awesome all week, but I honestly can't think of anything I'd recommend to watch. it's a sad state of affairs

KdP is totally killing it, and I wish Eve and StefanO could interact, she might be able to snap him out of his slump. I have fondness for Tyler from GH but he has been saddled here with a terrible storyline. Abigail, with or without alters is not that interesting of a character and I wish Show would realize it. and every time the actress takes off the black wig I am amazed at how incredibly bland her face is without it.

wow, it takes so little time to watch the show when there is SO MUCH Abigail, Chad and Kate.

also, this split personality/alters/whatever thing is really awful.