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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.

My guess is that she's being sued in civil court for baby Irene/Adella's death so her bank accounts have been frozen (no idea if that's the right terminology or if freezing her accounts is possible).

Please tell me we are going to see the Maxie/Lulu reunion! I've been looking forward to that all week, and it still hasn't happened.

That's the thing. Seeing them in bed wasn't really necessary. We know what they were going to do, and if AS doesn't want to show anything then show them snuggling under the covers - we can imagine that she has undressed if she has the sheets up to her neck. But she's in two layers of clothing lying in bed next to Chase? Kinda takes you out of the scene.

Anyone else thinking the decision not to recast CD is due to Maurice Bernard not wanting him recast? That's why Morgan has remained "dead" for so many years, right? I can't stand CD's Michael, but the character has so many connections it seems ridiculous not to recast him. He's connected to so many people in PC that it seems the character would be key.

You know, why doesn't everyone in PC move into the Q mansion? Think of how much production would save by requiring fewer sets. Ava is on trial for pushing Kristina, which we saw did not happen. But Sonny isn't charged for shooting Jagger, which we saw did happen. And they've ignored Austin's murder all together. For Pete's sake.