Desperado

Really enjoyed watching Alexis try to drill some sense into Drew and Jason. Two old deadbeat dads who are more worried about giving up “what’s mine, damn it!” than doing what’s best for their kids. (Jason sounded more amiable to Alexis about letting Danny decide, but going to Mobster Dad for help negates this completely.) I wonder if the writers see this as a noble stance from both fathers instead of the pride filled egotistical take I see it as. Kai seems like a good new character but the plot with Trina is SO boring - girl deserves better. Couldn’t they make him an artist from the gallery instead? Also, does the actor have bruises on the right side of his face or do they come from a plot point I missed? I skipped over the Michael whining to Sasha about his wife, at her place of work owned by his family because… yuck. The weird pacing seems to be back, Lulu wakes up and then… nothing.

I can’t get excited about NuLulu and Bad Hair Lucky or the Molly/Kristina feud and for personal reasons, I’m still protecting myself from the funeral, so I’m skipping a lot. Watched a bit of Danny/Jason today and look forward to seeing more but I wish there was some fun scenes during the saddest and darkest month of the year. I want to thank the community here for its willingness to politely hear different points of views, I’ve had my fill of being downvoted on another platform and thinking of leaving another completely different online community as well. You guys are keeping me here and watching.

It’s the finale next week. Gotta fill 3 hours somehow. It was excruciatingly long the last time w/ a full first hour of nothing (sigh).

Julianne and Val!!! Woo hoo!

Poor Stephen and the glasses issue. CA was so right. I actually think he got to sexy once the glasses were off.

Ilona/Alan - lovely Viennese Waltz. I think she knows they’re not going further, but Alan still believes.

“A friend for life” has been said so often on this show and I haven’t believed it for one second, ever. 🤣

Oh Stephen, that was so not sexy. 😂

Witney is so good. Good for Danny to take her choreography to heart.

This is the sexiest Ilona has looked all season. Good for her!

I wish we would’ve seen more of the past dances and professionals for the 500th episode. I really liked everyone’s first dance but the insta dance concept was bad. Didn’t they do something similar in the past but with 20 min to prepare or something? That was better.

This. They could’ve just said Cates was recalled by his bosses or his son was in trouble and he had to go see him. They didn’t need to have a legacy character murdered by macho wannabe mob guy. The murder was petty and gratuitous, like it was for Austin. At least he didn’t have to play dead forever on screen like they had Kelly M. Finn’s destructive storyline after the death of his father also needlessly destroyed a character. As for today’s show, I skipped a lot of it but SB looking constipated instead of menacing at the end was something. Is he really going to fight Michael’s battles for him, still? And Natalia dismissing Maxie out of her own office to talk to Sonny was vomit worthy.

Watched most of Friday’s episode. SB is back to “head in the dear lights” acting. I didn’t see a hint of romance there. I don’t think Jason would want to keep Michael’s kid away from him which is where his would lead so I’ll just put it out of my mind. Too late for the Anna/Jason pairing with the negative uproar of pearl clutching it created. I was fine with them trying because SB can’t do romance anymore anyways and anything to avoid The Carly Show. Wish we had seen more of Brennan. I always wish we see more Brennan. I liked than Robert stopped himself from hugging Sasha and that she hugged him instead because she saw he needed it more than her. It was a sweet moment. I hated that the show put was put in the Qs kitchen and want her out of there with any means necessary. Now that Tracy has endeared me to Cody, I want him out of the barn too. I agree, I think she sees herself alone now and wants family members near her who she can take care of, and don’t act like 4-yr olds and argue all the time (looking at you Molly and Kristina). She should stay at the Qs instead of not sleeping in her bed alone. NLG and DZ were great in their scenes. Are her nails new? The glamour of them (and paleness) took me out of the mood a bit.

I gave in an watched the kids’ scenes and Holly/Robert. I loved the H/R from the flashbacks but I don’t understand this walk down memory lane unless it’s to respectfully usher Tristan out. It’s the “respectfully” part I’m doubting, knowing this show. Scout (Cosette Abinante) was very good at making me want to hug her again, and I’m sorry the hugger was her deadbeat dad Drew. SB was good with her and Danny (Asher Antonyzyn). I hope this means that both he and his character will step up from now on. Rocco (Finn Carr), with GF had lovely scenes. (I did shallowly wonder why they couldn’t give the poor woman waterproof mascara though.) Annoyingly, they’re still talking as if Lulu hasn’t been in a coma forever and that all was wrong with her, was her liver. I wonder how fans of Sam/Kelly who haven’t been spoiled by the “she’s soon wake up” casting news, feel right now. I still couldn’t watch NLG because she’s too good and I’ve lost my closest relatives this year and I don’t want to go to that mourning place again, over make believe. On social media, she told people like me to just watch the fun episodes and that’s what I’ll do, mostly.

I wonder if it’s the show’s way of saying Sam/Jason were her ultimate love story and Dante’s is Lulu since she’s about to wake up, to have the audience quickly forget about what was, for what’s to come? I only saw DZ’s acting on the Instagram clip, when he came into Sam’s room (poor Kelly still lying there) and broke down. It looked over the top to me and I stopped watching. Maybe if I had watched the whole show, I would’ve seen it differently.