jenrising

It's the best they could do in the time they had. There's only so much you can do to reboot a show in a couple of episodes, and I think Goffman (how can this be?!?!) managed to do a great job of cramming a ton of stuff into them. Clearly once someone stopped watching Ichtrina videos on youtube he was able to rally his thoughts and write something that feels like early season 1 Sleepy Hollow, and set the show up for another season in a way that would make Fox believe they deserve one. And really, I think reboot is a bad word for it (self edit!). There will be repercussions. Everything has changed for Ichabod and Abbie. In good and bad ways that will effect everything moving forward. So, time reset and nothing changed in the past, but everything changed in the present.

That interview is adorable. And of course being happy to have some company in inciting shippers. Except hers was scripted, Tom. Yours is just you.

https://twitter.com/nofirstishothim Looks like a lot of the really um... interesting posts are gone. Here's a screenshot from last night. And last week: Shitty Hollow has a lot more.

But he won't do that because he loves it. This is the real Liam. As soon as a second woman willing to humiliate herself for his bland affections shows up, he's all about it. And I'm willing to bet that if Ivy even bothers to mention it to him, he'll crow about how he told Steffy he loved Ivy and is therefore the bestest boyfriend ever, even though Steffy made it clear why she was there and they spent the day frolicking in the ocean and smooching in the living room. Maybe he'll throw in something about not wanting to hurt Steffy's feelings to show that he's a good guy. But he isn't. He's a scumbag. I will not speak of the whispered horror. Oh, and I love that Rick knew exactly how to play the rest of the spoiled Forrester brats. "Aly, you've worked on something for five minutes. Here's a few million to blow. That's how we work around here."

The writing on this show is so bizarre. This direction from Friday's show is where it seemed things were headed once Rick and Caroline split, and then they did this completely wacky, silly Rick goes crazy for sweeps bit, and now we're back on track with the players lining up to fight for control of Forrester, with everyone bringing it. Except it leaves viewers with whiplash. I'm guessing we're supposed to forget just how out of control Rick was, which... okay. It didn't make any sense anyway, so I'll go back to "everyone's a jackass" in this situation. This times one billion. It's ridiculous. It's all about stroking Liam's ego. She also rolled into town on the "WE HATE LOGANS" train. The actress is fine, but yeah, all this does it let them do the same gross storyline of Liam professing his love for one woman while daily dry humping another.

Dont' worry, Ivy. It was just a few kisses*. * Not meant to suggest for one second that I support WaxSteffy's gross and pathetic behavior. I mean FUN. SO MUCH FUN.

Oh and I completely forgot. What was up with Ridge and Caroline celebrating that Eric was going to get rid of Rick now that he's back in town. Didn't we establish that this ludicrous irrevocable control is, in fact, irrevocable? Obviously on a personal level they could have expected Eric to help out, but (in stupid B&B businessland) there's nothing anyone can do to get Rick out of the CEO chair.

Rick's little "Daddy I was naughty" speech? Amazing. After Eric's ridiculous tongue-bath for Rick, I thought I'd seen the height of this show's ridiculousness. Then Liam actually said, "I'd forgotten how fun you are," to that wax figure they keep calling Steffy*. Hours of vomit-laughing ensued. * Girl your body is killer. Please undo whatever you did to your face. And it's a bad sign that your extensions look much better wet than dry. YOU'RE SO FUN!!!!!!

They ended as Katie reached the altar. And yes, of course, Carter is officiating. He mentioned something about being able to do it as a side job given all the Spencer and Forrester weddings. Unless he starts officiating topless they need to find something else for him to do. But more importantly, Will is the cutest thing in the whole damn world. Cute enough to make up for Bill and Brooke staring longingly at each other DURING HIS FREAKING WEDDING. Gross.

Assuming the writers did the tiniest bit of research (which is a huge leap, considering), they were most likely taking about her free papers, proof that she was not a runaway slave. Like others have said, this episode was a bit of a nonsensical mess, but if that's what it takes to get them back on the right track, I'll take it.

Uh oh, I think my wife just cheated on me with my kind of brother, because I was cackling right along with Rick today. They're trying so hard to make him hateful, that he's come all the way around to delightful for me. I know, I know, evil terrible shameful. But I don't care. I keep giggling when I remember Aly's heel breaking. Girl, get yourself over to the Kinky Boots factory. They'll hook you up. I think it's because I find Aly and Ivy both tiresome that I enjoy watching them be tortured. Brooke the saddest booze-hound update: still don't care. Take your bottle of vodka as your date to the wedding.

When Ivy was bragging about how close she and Liam are, I wanted to lean into my TV and warn her that's just going to make Steffy want him more.

If the reveal had come at the beginning of the episode, I'd agree with you. But when Jamal froze and then pretended to be single after all his protestations before about coming out, it kind of makes sense. For the previous episodes we've seen him struggling to become successful on his own terms, and being himself. But that's a journey, not a decision. I can easily see, especially given the way he was treated by his father, pre-show Jamal trying to be was Lucious wanted, even if it was subconscious. It's terrible and sad, but I don't think it undermines Jamal. I think it could underscore how far he's come towards being independent and proud of who he is, unwilling to hide or pretend just to please his father or the world. He can stumble along that path, but it doesn't mean he isn't still trying. All that said, I don't think that kid will end up being his. It's way more soapy.

I feel like I'm supposed to feel bad for Brooke. I don't. This is what happens when you find the many loves of your life in another woman's bed. You end up alone. No love, no friends.

So, wait. Liam's "plan" is to somehow get Ridge to hand over some of his shares for the takeover? Sigh. Boy, go back to waffling. Steffy and Rick's little chat was like watching two toddlers fight over a toy.

Yeah, but let's be honest here. What are the odds Ridge and Caroline will still be finger painting a few months from now. As much as Brooke was embarrassing herself, little miss "Ridge and I know what we share" is going to be singing a different tune when he's sharing with someone else.

I'm 100% with you there. Cookie can and hopefully will do much better. And yeah, it's not logical to be mad at Annika for stealing her life, but it is natural and people in the real world certainly feel that way. Not to mention, Annika is everything Cookie isn't, as others have said. She's younger, cultured, comes from money and on and on. And I forgot to mention before, Lucious should be ashamed of himself for telling her about the engagement like that. He's lucky they were in public and Cookie was horny or he'd have a stiletto in the eye.

I really don't think we've seen enough of the family before Cookie left to know who got the attention back then, and I've not seen anything that suggests she neglected the other boys. But now Jamal is the only one of her sons who wants anything to do with her. So what should she do? Ignore him to be fair to Andre and Hakeem? She's trying to get her life together and can only do that with people who are willing. Cookie's jealous of Annika because she's slotted herself into what Cookie's life should have been. With her man and her company. I think it's clear Cookie and Lucious still have feelings for each other. He moved on because she was gone for so long, but she didn't. It's got to be confusing. And his mixed signals aren't helping. I don't think Cookie really wants him back, but it's a lot of churning emotions. Plus, as far as we know, she hasn't gotten any in a VERY long time, and hey, the devil you know...

Oh man, I'd almost forgotten about that first meeting. So hilarious. Pre-fall Caroline had nothing going on except her BIG SECRET. That she had two moms. And I'm sure those of you who missed it will guess correctly that no one cared one tiny bit.

When Caroline first came to town Rick really wasn't interested. He was kind of getting back together with Amber I think? Brooke basically imported Caroline from NY to stop it. He was lukewarm on her, but then Thomas started sniffing around her, and well, you know this show and triangles. At first she was pretty much East Coast Hope, dating Thomas, flirting with both of them. But then Thomas pushed Rick out a window and she dumped him and got together with Rick. Things were fine for a minute, and then Caroline got in an argument with Bill, and fell off a balcony. She awoke with brand new bratty snobby personality. You know, writing out storylines for this show makes me feel as gone as Rick,

No, it wasn't like that at all. As I recall, Maya was working at Dayzees (or however it was spelled) and living upstairs after coming to find her daughter who ended up being dead. She settled down a bit and met Rick there when he was volunteering. Caroline was supposed to go with him, but she didn't want her shoes near poor people or some such bratty nonsense. So Rick was there just wearing the uniform. I think this happened over a little while, but Rick and Maya flirted and at one point she sang and he was really into it. He was sick of Caroline's snobby ways, and Maya was a breath of fresh air, and she had no idea who she was, where Caroline was pretty much planning their future as the heads of Forrester. I'm sure someone else can add how he and Caroline split during this time, I can't really remember how that part happened. Anyway, Rick and Maya they got closer and eventually she found out who he was and left him, but he fought to get her back. Once Caroline found out she basically schemed and plotted to destroy Maya, including calling in Bill, who tried to trick Maya into getting sent back to prison. Then there was the Carter Room 8 drama and... a lot more. But all of that was a long way to say Maya didn't become a gold digger until after she was engaged to a man she never dated and wanted Rick back, and then all of the sudden it was about the money and status.

Once a waffle... See, now this got me giggling again. Aly and her shoe sketch. I know it's evil, but it's so ridiculous I have to love it. She just stood there holding that thing. DEAD. In the morning Rick will have Ivy bring them coffee in the shower.

Okay, yes, the ice cream thing was terrible. But I couldn't stop giggling. As much this direction is disappointing, JY is clearly having a ball playing this Rick, and I'm having a ball watching him. Sexy finger painting? Whatever. Again, show ruined this for me. I think the actors have great chemistry but they're trying WAY too hard to remind me how hot and "artistic" they are together. Is that the end of Steffy now? I almost hope not because that painful shot of JMW trying to move her frozen face was so bad.

Well, Ivy should be the perfect woman for Liam because so far she's got the worst of Steffy and Hope's character traits. To me she's been nothing but a self-righteous busybody railing against things she doesn't know anything about and that are none of her business. But you guys, Steffy's so F-U-N! Who can resist. Ugh. Mostly I want her to make Ivy miserable and then take her spackled face back to Paris forever.

So I missed the Friday episode and finally just watched it online this morning. Honestly, I'm mostly mad at myself for thinking they could sustain this mess. Statz (bless you guys for that one) and the cha-cha *vomit* I just can't with them. Even after the stupid clips package, it was like I relived that whole horror show and I think I have some kind of mild PTSD. And then Brook making everything about her? Ugh. best scene? Pam and Donna in the hallway being clueless.