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Wait, what? How did I miss that?

Just a couple of small questions here. Shouldn't James have been with Maxie at the hospital if she had a meeting with his orthopedist? I would assume having the patient there would be useful. And shouldn't Valentine have been convicted in a court of law before heading off to an international prison in Europe for possibly the rest of the life? How exactly is Lulu going to get a place for her and her kids if she doesn't have a job? And I now understand why I have to wait so bloody long to see my doctors at the hospital. It's because they are busy chatting and gossiping with the nurses and other doctors, so I'm left waiting for over an hour. Why did I not understand this before???

Has anyone else noticed that the WSB logo looks like a jaunty hat on top of...something?

Given how much land the Quartermain's have, why would they have built the family crypt so close to what they believed was the property line?

Why would Joss make a terrible spy, ignoring all the Joss-is-Joss arguments? When she searched the cabin she didn't even attempt to be discreet about it. Drawers were left open, cushions were all over the place, and the place looked as though it had been ransacked. Pretty sure a spy, heck anyone with half a brain, would be trying to make it appear as though no one had been looking for anything in the cabin. And if Brennan was watching the cabin, what exactly did he think would happen when he saw Cyrus return to it, knowing Joss was inside. I'd assume he also saw Cyrus go grab the axe. Did he think Joss would be able to fend him off with her amazing volleyball skills? How long before Chase confides to his bff Dante that BL had a kid as a teenager?

It's interesting that BrookLynn's revelation that she had a child as a teenager that was given up for adoption has been met with everyone here with a shrug. They've been signaling it like the bat signal for months and months. Which makes it one of the most boring reveals ever.

Please explain to me how it is more soap-y to have everyone find out about Drew and Willow's affair and they just move into having an open relationship than to have WIllow find out she's pregnant and she doesn't know who the father is. Not that I want Willow to have a baby - months from now she could fall down the stairs while Michael and Drew fight when the affair becomes public knowledge. But them just going "okay, I guess we're together now!" seems anticlimactic.

Is there a plausible reason why Avery spent Christmas Eve not with her bio father, not with her bio mother, but with her former step-mother?

Ava has always money of her own. She didn't need the Cassadine money, but didn't say no to it, and I'm pretty sure (but could be wrong) that what she wanted when she and Nik divorced was Windermere and not Windermere and a hunk of cash. Unless she has made some crazy bad financial decisions over the last couple of years, she should be financially sound even if the Cassadine lawyers managed to finagle whatever she sold Windermere for from her accounts.

Very confused about the Cassadine estate. Who exactly decided that Ace is now the heir and Nicholas no longer has anything? It's not like Nik is in jail for the rest of his life. At some point he'll be released.

The last time we saw her was at Epiphany's funeral, and I'm pretty sure that was less than two years ago. And she was nice and sweet and doing an internship or something at some university. I don't recognize this Emma. I don't think I have ever seen Emma talking to Anna like this. She and Anna have always been super close.

I thought Molly and TJ were still in their 20s.

Ditto. And I still don't know what the "bowl" refers to. Now, if you need someone to explain curling to you, I'm the girl for that. Not that I've curled myself (I have no sense of balance. I'm lucky I can walk.), but I have watched my kid curl who knows how many times.

You're right, I had totally forgotten Rory. So they are tied 2-2 in the dead boyfriend department.

What Cassadines are there that can reverse Ava's divorce settlement? Isn't Nicholas the only one left? And I'm pretty sure she/her lawyer would be involved in any discussions about reversing them. Carly is awful. Michael is an adult, he can handle this without his mom's help. Drew is awful. And Dex dies. So in the dead boyfriend count, Josslyn is up 2-1 on Trina.