Pingaponga

I was hoping when he expressed his surprise that Willow was going for full custody he'd express the opinion that it would be best for the kids if she and Michael shared custody. But that didn't seem to happen because no one ever wants shared custody on a soap. Aw man, he really would. He's a lot like Mac in that way.

I absolutely loved the expression on Tracy's face when Brook Lynn told her about the baby. JE is just brilliant, absolutely brilliant. But honestly, I am so sick of this adoption story. The baby was given up for adoption. The birth mother/father does not have the right 21 years later to re-enter the child's life without the child's agreement, let alone actually "parent" them. When Lulu had her abortion, Dillon disagreed with her decision but it was clearly her choice to make and she made it. Is the show actually going to now go with "Brook Lynn should have told Dante about the baby because maybe he'd have decided they should raise the baby together" and Brook Lynn should have been forced to raise a child she didn't want? And I hate the narrative on soaps that a child that is given up for adoption becomes in adulthood someone who fully embraces the family that gave it up for adoption. The whole "We have a biological connection, therefore I will call you mom and dad and listen to you scold me for making stupid decisions and ask you for advice and ignore whoever raised me for 20+ years" absolutely infuriates me. Maybe I feel so strongly about this because Trina, who wasn't actually adopted, is now doing this with Curtis even though we know she had a very loving and respectful relationship with the man who believed he was her father and whom she believed was her father. Taggert, I miss you. You were a great dad to Trina. Also...Cody wasn't adopted. Laura was switched at birth, not adopted. Nikolas wasn't adopted. Maybe Lulu should talk to people who actually were adopted or gave a child up for adoption (thank heavens she reached out to Alexis, even if they couldn't talk). Rant over. Just move this story forward so I can stop thinking about it.

Speaking of Monica, do we have any idea when they will have her die on the show? I've always assumed that (sadly) Monica would leave the house to Michael. But if Michael isn't around that seems unlikely. Not that I have any idea who else she'd leave it to.

What are the odds that Drew isn't actually Shiloh, but has - finally - come under the influence of the mind control thingy the Cassadines wanted him for. Because I can't see Shiloh caring about who is mayor of the city or controlling the mayor. But someone who could control Drew's mind and is some unknown-to-us Cassadine who actually will be menacing? That I could see. And I kind a miss a Cassadine who is clever and dangerous, and hasn't been mislabeled as the dangerest dangery Cassadine that ever lived. (Valentin, I'm talking to you.)

Uh, show? Clips of Lucy in dresses from past Nurse's Balls are not the clips we want to see on the 62nd anniversary of the show. Nuff said.

What exactly is a breakdown writer?

Why did I think only part of the crypt was on public lands? And if so, does the city really need to demolish the whole building? If it is on public land, why wouldn't you take it down from the public side? Also, when the plane was flying to Toronto, why was it flying over land? Was it going around the lake instead of across it? I'm overthinking this, aren't I?

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?