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The original post said the pairing took off because of PAS' talent and referred to his much shakier younger costar. That was simply not the case, and what I was disagreeing with, not with the talent of PAS or his opportunities or lack thereof. As for NAC, I think he's talented and charismatic, but I agree that it's a crapshoot. You just never know. And re: WL. Yeah, has it been confirmed that he's leaving or have we all just assumed it? I don't think I've read anything official yet. I have wanted a Cam/Esme pairing forever so I hope we're wrong and today was the start.

I would disagree with this assessment. Danny and Michelle became a popular couple because of the insane chemistry between PAS and Joie Lenz (she goes by Bethany Joy Lenz now and is best known for her work on One Tree Hill). Lenz got much acclaim as Young Reva in a flashback ep and was brought back as a recast Michelle, and received kudos in that role as well replacing the much maligned Rebecca Budig. PAS' role was short-term, but the chemistry was so good with Lenz, and, yes, he was so good. I would liken PAS to MB/Sonny, or Chad Brannon/Zander, or even TG/Luke. It's much more similar to either of those situations.

Why, oh, why does the show tease us with Esme and Cam when we know there is no hope!?

Dex was hit. It was Dante dropping Scout off. Ava was googling the number and when we were shown her phone, it looked like a list of government numbers. Felicia, Kevin, and Mac were sublime. Nina pissed off all the haters because she did exactly what they all have been saying she should do if she really loved Willow and wasn't such a selfish cow. They've been salivating for her to do the opposite forever; that would fuel their Nina rage for a good month. There are no words for the level of disgust those Carly and Elizabeth scenes made this Elizabeth fan feel. Yuck!

I was a daycare teacher for about 5 years and it was about 4 years until after I quit before I ran out of lotions and bath stuff, I had so many from Christmas gifts. So, yeah, I can attest to that.

Actually, Nina and Willow put their differences aside when Stafford was still in the role. Willow stupidly had a convo about Shiloh being her baby's father at the Nurse's Ball where anyone could overhear her. Nina did, they had a convo, Shiloh overheard. Willow told Nina the truth of it and Nina felt awful, and basically that ended the antagonism between them. When Willow went to jail to protect Wiley and lost her job, it was Nina who organized the petition to get it back for her. And basically they were on great terms until le gasp! Nina did the unthinkable and told Wiley that she was his other mommy's mommy. And then she, ugh, refused to sign away her right to fight for the right to just see her grandchild on the potential offchance that Michael maybe might someday change his mind. And then she chose not to ignore Sonny's decision to not want to know who he was. And the age old GH play of 'it wasn't my choice to make' didn't apply to her. (Like how you know Nina should have told Michael or such about Sonny even though he didn't want to know, but it was perfectly OK that Carly didn't tell Michael or such about Nina even though Willow didn't want to know. Uh huh.) Oh, and she sued for the right to see her grandchild. And, finally, yes, Nina didn't tell Willow that she boinked Willow's boyfriend's father after said boyfriend's father was stood up by her boyfriend's mother after boyfriend's mother had spent months saying I'm done with you, had married another dude, in full on I WUV YOU SOOOO MUCH glory after said boyfriend's father died. So, yeah, Willow and Nina were on totes good terms a looong time ago, until Nina committed these so-called awful offenses. God, Willow is the worst now.

Maddy kept saying that Brandon was playing so hard and trying to control everything, but based on what we saw, the only one doing that was Maddy.

I understand why Elizabeth is acting how she is. She was torn over confessing because of how it could disrupt her boys' lives, she could lose her job, go to jail, etc. But she couldn't live with the guilt so she did it. And that was the right thing, right? She should feel relief, it's all over now. But of course, it's not because the guilt is still there because as has been pointed out she did help Nikolas. She ignored Esme's pleas and cries to help her. And Britt is dead in part, she feels, because of her. And she is getting off completely scott-free for her part in what happened. On top of that, she completely threw one of her oldest friends all the way under the bus to save herself. Of course, she feels guilty as hell still. She'd be a psychopath if she didn't.

Well, I suppose since I watch every episode, I had no problem identifying every single person in the photo easily.

Agreed @CeChase I don't really care much for Portia and Curtis, but I thought the wedding was beautiful, and it was so, so nice seeing a proper soap opera wedding. Everyone gathered, mostly people who made sense there at the wedding. Beautiful gowns -- yeah, I said it, I thought that everyone for the most part (looking at you, Ava! WHAT!?) looked great, including Portia's gorgeous wedding dress, beautiful vows, appropriate suspense (Will she spill?), dancing, heartfelt moments. Again, I don't care for Portia and Curtis, but at least during this episode, I actually did. We got the obligatory other couple moments looks and stares and convo. And as an Elizabeth/Finn fan, I enjoyed anything and everything with them. I also particularly liked the touch of everyone drinking champagne, but Finn not doing so. (I assume Alexis wasn't either, but I only noticed that Finn was not when he brought Elizabeth her drink and he was drinking water w/ice.) As for a few other things... sigh, Laura asking the crowd? One of my all-time favorite couples, Josh and Meg from As The World Turns got married in 1989 and it happened. I thought it was stupid then; I think it's stupid now. Finally, Trina going to get Stella... I mean, Stella is insanely loyal to Curtis. Trina knows that. This "illness" came on suddenly and is very, very unlike Stella. Trina ain't no fool. She knows that something is going on. Everyone knows that something is going on, they just ain't saying it. Stella would have to be in the hospital and on her deathbed to not be at her precious Curtis' wedding unless something else was going on. Everybody who knows her knows that. The only reason that Curtis hasn't truly sussed that out is because he's all in lalalurveland. Marshall is too busy being in awe that he's actually there watching his son getting married and trying not to freak out so he doesn't freak out. Jordan knew (duh). Portia knew (double duh). And Trina knows, she just doesn't know what is going on. So, it's not about OHNOES! I'm gonna force Aunt Stella to bring her cooties to the party. It's what the eff is going on with Aunt Stella that's making her miss this because SOMETHING is going on! And I imagine we'll get the reveal to Trina from Stella and then the fall-out at the reception of 'Who's the daddy!' Also, Joss sucks.

The floss was originally cinnamon flavored and that's just how it was described. She simply noticed, as did viewers, that the floss left a red mark.on the door. It was the color not the scent. As for the beer bottle, Charlie specifically pointed out that even if she could smell smell something it wouldn't matter because she was no expert. So, yeah, she wasn't an expert.

I thought it was interesting how they made a very obvious parallel between the Curtis/Drew and Jordan/Stella scenes re: keeping secrets, finding out the truth of one's parentage. I did so because in the Jordan/Stella scene, Jordan, the police commissioner, specifically said that getting someone's DNA without their permission was against the law when Stella said they needed to find out the truth of whether or not Nina was Willow's mother... oops! Now I'm not making fun of the show. I'm actually making a point. Carly DID exactly that. She snagged both Nina and Willow's DNA without their permission. Oh, and Nina specifically mentioned that as well when she first learned what Carly did. Maybe, just maybe... there is still fall-out to come. Maybe.

I'm a fan from her GOT days as well. And also from her voiceover work from the children's cartoon, "Hilda." That's why I'm so surprised by the lacking I'm finding in their performance. It's great you're enjoying it, and I know I'm in the minority. Hopefully as the season progresses, I'll be more impressed. It's just not working for me right now.

This is in response to my: "And Ramsey mostly plays Ellie as a teenager on a fun field trip with an air of 'this is so cool!'" The alternative is not a mopey, emo teen, though. My point was that we're not getting any layers or nuance to the fact that Ellie is going through some serious, horrific shit. Let her be dealing with it internally. Give us a glimpse that she is being effected by this. Moments here and where she takes it all in and then pastes on that 'Fuck it' attitude. 'I'm out here in the world, and I'm gonna enjoy the fucking view, Goddamnit!' But we aren't getting those layers at all. And so because of that the teenage girl who was held chained up for a few weeks, chased by zombies, watched a person savagely beaten to death, someone kind to her blown up, walked by a mass gravesite, and then just blithely how-to-do's merrily along her way comes across as a bit of a psychopath. That is the issue for me. All of this horror can't happen to someone and we see no sign of it effecting that individual without coming to the conclusion that something ain't right with that person. Or alternately, the actor just isn't that great.

This was a beautiful episode. On the main players, Pedro Pascal continues to blow my mind. Bella Ramsey continues to underwhelm. There is a pandemic that has wiped out the world, in the last three days or so, Ellie saw a man savagely beaten to death, was in a fierce fight with her protectors against the zombies, the nice one was bit and sacrificed herself via big kablooie, and then she walked by a mass gravesite of skeletal remains with a horrific backstory. This all after she was kept chained up for a few weeks to a radiator. And Ramsey mostly plays Ellie as a teenager on a fun fieldtrip with an air of 'this is so cool!' There are no layers, no nuance, just nothing there. Perfect example. She stopped at the name Tess and made an oopsie face. Pedro, otoh, showed the entire weight of his grief in two seconds. I mean, she's not bad, but she's a child/teenage actor who is not doing anything extraordinary. Still, other than her, the show has been outstanding, as was this ep.

I will say that I'm not bothered by how the characters seem a little off in terms of how they are acting towards one another and in general since apparently episodes 3, and 4 were switched (for some stupid studio-mandated reason). Imagine this episode taking place right after episode 2 when Will find out about Ormewood and Angie, right after Will solved that big case and got the headlines and was making waves despite what he did and the detectives (i.e., Ormewood) had to deal with him. Imagine that the spouse has dinner with the new partner AFTER she actually became his new partner. A lot of this stuff makes a lot more stuff character-wise when you put episodes 3 and 4 in their actual order. (Including Nico, the dog-watcher.) FYI: I'm another one in the minority who's not bothered by the accent, and I live just outside of Atlanta. Some people DO have an accent like that. And some don't. There are all types of varying degrees of Southern accents in Georgia, and in the metro-Atlanta area specifically. (I'm randomly reminded of Kyra Sedgwick's accent in The Closer and how so many would insist it was too over-the-top and just terrible, and here I was in the thick of where her character came from, and I heard that particular accent all the dang time.)

Hah, probably Jason and Carly's wedding. You know, the one where EVERYONE in Port Charles was gushing over how in love they were, and how, really, they were always meant to be. When Michael talked about how, in his deepest heart of hearts, he always wished that his mom was with Jason. The one where even Monica was happy for the bride and groom. Where love overflowed heavy throughout the room because this was a love 20+ years in the making. Oh, but then Sonny came back and there went that love story because that DASTARDLY NINA KEPT HIM AWAY FROM HIS TRUE LOVE CARLY FOR NINE MONTHS! Oops! I wonder what will happen at this one! Dare we hope another car explosion that might hopefully succeed in taking Joss out for realsies? Or maybe the Hook will finally pull a third times the charm?

Dr. Silas Clay. Also, Kiki Jerome's father. Yes, Michael slept with all three. (Michael Easton's character before Finn; Silas was killed by Nina's mother.)

I don't think it was a dumb plot point at all. The show did a really good job of explaining why the record was there, and everything as it happened from Nina getting them, bringing them to her place to Sonny reading them was naturally, organically done. Because Liesl was distraught, had just barged into Britt's office and began grabbing things, she mixed up medical files and Britt's personal stuff. to calm her down and help, Nina offered to bring it home and take care of it herself for Liesl. Nina understandably was distracted each time she was about to see it herself, to check on Liesl, to respond to Ava. She pulled out a bunch of them and set the papers down while going through them. She explained the mix-up naturally to Ava--who would wonder what is this box of stuff. Sonny, who is Nina's boyfriend came in and the two smooched and talked. It's cold/winter and they talked about getting something warm to drink. Nina went to get it and Sonny sat down. He was alone, bored, waiting and, oh, look, a bunch of loose papers here, what's that? He started rifling through them. All of that was very naturally, organically done, explained well.

I guess you were lucky at the high school you taught. My sister has taught at several different schools -- living different places, and she had a few different principles who were like Ava. She also told me that her fellow teachers talk about this show, and generally love Ava because they've had to deal with terrible principles in various ways like Ava.

Yes, she's at Darkham normally, but for some reason because of the bus accident, she is being treated at Spring Ridge. Heather specifically mentioned that to Scotty in today's episode. It may not make much sense that she is there because of *that* reason, but there was a specific reference to that.

I enjoyed the Jeff/Finn and Elizabeth/Fake, ugh, don't like him not!Nik scenes today, but I have one thing to add that bugged. Love you Easton, but no, no, no, no. Saipan is pronounced like SIGHpan, not SAYpan. I should know, I flew there all the time. Come on, show, Easton, do some research. I think the Jeff actor pronounced it correctly. Also, show, sigh, do your effin' research. Saipan at that time (again, this was literally the time period I was an FA and flew there all the time) was a beautiful, tiny, little tropical resort vacation island with hotels and stuff. Not some backwoods, jungle island with mysterious diseases running rampant. At least other islands in the Mariana Islands could sorta pass maybe sorta, but not friggin' Saipan!

It's not that they are a big, it's that there are a whole string of them (14 to be exact). I lived on Guam and was a flight attendant and flew them. It is quite possible that Finn was stationed on one of them, if his speciality was one disease, and Reiko was needed elsewhere. They vary in degree of modernity. (Or at least did at that time. I lived there during the time period that this story took place.)

I don't think that Ava is firing Trina. I think she either sold the gallery, or has someone temporarily taking over and taking a leave of absence. She's doing this so that Trina can still work at the gallery, keep her job, continue to get her college credit, but not be in any potential danger because she's around Ava who might still be a target. And that's what she was finishing up her phone call about, and will tell Trina today. I think. Unlike Curtis, Ava actually loves, respects Trina, and thinks of the full situation.

I read elsewhere and I'm liking the theory that Roy is the killer. He went after Ava. He was going after Joss, only turned to Brando cuz he saw him. What do Ava and Joss have in common? They're close to Trina, but not family. Rory wants to be the only one she leans on and turns to. And apparently we've seen him be ambidextrous. So, cool theory. Now, I'm just excited about tomorrow cuz Carly is obviously talking to figment-of-her-imagination Nelle.