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I think she's one of those actresses who it really depends on how her makeup and hair are done. She did not look her best during her run on GH, most of the time. But, then I've seen her in photo shoots (or sometimes just having done her own makeup), where she really looks beautiful and could fit in pretty well in Hollywood. If she were to go into an audition with a really good hair and makeup job and her soap learned ability to learn her lines, she could land some work. Having said that, she'd probably get more work in theater - she's got the singing angle, she can handle lots of dialogue, and, in theater, having a "unique" look isn't as much of a detriment as it is the in the CW world.

I guess I'm kind of more easy going on this kind of thing, but I don't expect realism with regard to the school setting from this show. It is the offspring of a show where the same teacher went through the kids' entire school careers with them, after all. I've always had the impression that the school setting is supposed to be absurd, to some extent, and they aren't even remotely trying to pretend that it's just a normal old school, just like the one we've all gone to or the one our kids go to now. I just can't imagine that they expect any of us to look at Cory as a "normal" teacher or his class as not ridiculous. They've even had Zay comment on it in previous episodes.

I still think we'll get some form of Nicole deciding she doesn't want to be a pregnant virgin, so she'll have sex with Zende right before she's inseminated.

I wouldn't mind Zende having something to say if, instead of whining about how her being pregnant would make it a total bummer to be a young couple, he was more concerned about the effects of this on Nicole's emotional and physical well-being. Not to mention that Zende is the perfect person to point out that biology doesn't make family. (Actually, Maya herself should get that concept, given that she's had a relationship with her parents that ranges from non-existent to crappy for most of her life.)

What the show needs to do is a big shake up of some kind. The status quo isn't going to lure back lapsed viewers (or lure in new ones). Since the show's point of view is that Sonny cannot really go to prison for any time, then have him lose in another way. Let the government bust him for something like tax fraud. The government seizes all of his assets, and Sonny is basically out of the business with nothing to his name. Maybe he ends up having to work at Kelly's or as a janitor in the hospital (imagine that, hospital scenes!). Bonus points if his getting busted is because Michael's been faking being back in the fold all this time to get his hands on the incriminating information that he forwards to the government. Even more bonus points if he's been hiding a secretly still alive AJ all this time and working with him to bring down Sonny. The Sonny/Mo fans might be pissed at first, but it also gives Mo something entirely new to play, a chance to interact with characters he doesn't regularly interact with, etc. And, it forces Jason (when he finally remembers who he is) into a change of career with Sonny's business dead in the water. No more Holy Hitman. While this is going on, beef up the rest of the cast with some returns people want to see and by actually utilizing the veterans they have on hand instead of trotting them out once every other month or so to say "look, we have characters you've loved for decades still on the show!" Anna should be one of the leads - FH can out-act most of the cast, she still looks great, and her character is full of story line potential (not to mention she has chemistry with everyone). Monica should be the show matriarch and hospital chief of staff. Valerie should be working at the hospital instead of the PCPD. Bring on people like Christina, Serena, and Tommy Jr, to be medical or nursing students. Like I said, they need to do something big to shake things up. They need to publicize the shake up, and they need to capitalize on whatever renewed interest they get from lapsed viewers by making sure that, in addition to Sonny finally "losing," there are interesting things going on with characters they have an actual interest in seeing on their screens. Because you can't just do a ratings stunt without using that spike in viewership to get people interested in regularly watching the show again.

Maybe he fears he won't be able to get the proper force into his bar ware flinging if he's sitting down and can't throw his whole body into it?

In my experience, in the couples I know where one spouse is white and the other is black, their babies were mostly so light skinned at birth that I could see people not questioning if they were presented as white babies, when there's no reason to think "that's not my baby". Their skin tone got darker as they got older, but if we're talking about someone switching a dead Nicole/Rick baby for an alive Caroline/Thomas (or Ridge) baby it wouldn't seem outrageous to me that people didn't question the deceased newborn's appearance. Of course, as the surviving baby grows, supposedly as the Nicole/Rick baby, at some point, someone would have to wonder how the baby's skin is remaining so white. If that baby switch does come to pass, I would guess that what will blow it out of the water will be Nicole and Zende believing there is a possibility it's really their baby, leading to a DNA test that shows the baby doesn't belong to Nicole, Zende, or Rick.

I'm still bitter that beautiful, smart, sweet Georgie had to pine over that loser, like she couldn't possibly really dream of landing a catch like Spinelli.

That's somewhat surprising. Liz having a family member around for this would imply that she's possibly going to get some kind of point of view in this mess. This show hasn't given Liz a genuine point of view in years.

You know how it is - grandparents are always extra fussy over their incoming grandkids.

Of course Alexis will spill the beans. It's not like she can understand wanting to keep a baby secret from the mobster bio-father...

So many issues. First - I hate when actors reduce negative fan reaction to their characters actions to "haters." Second, being in pain does not equal adequate punishment for being responsible for the deaths and injuries of countless people. And, no, none of us legitimately expected Sonny's slimy ass to wither away in prison for 10 years (although hope springs eternal!), but, not only is Sonny out and clear, legally, but he's suffered no consequences personally. Michael has forgiven him, he's married Carly again, all of his kids showed up for the wedding to fawn all over him, and he had the Governor (and his spoiled daughter) making a public spectacle of thanking him for taking on the last two steps of Michael's heroic act at the Haunted Star. He even had Michael hand Avery back over on a silver platter. And do any of us really think that Sonny is truly suffering any pain or regret over killing AJ? His only regret was that Michael discovered he did it and held it against him for about 2 weeks. He isn't in any spiritual pain from taking the life of an unarmed man. In other words, shut up, Mo. You're talking out of your ass to justify Sonny always coming out on top. Yeah, yeah, Sonny's paralyzed now, but it probably won't be long before he's up, walking, and "better than ever!" Maybe he'll even get some bionic legs or something, and he'll become a superhero...you know, the kind who kills people, whisperbarks, and throws bar ware.

I would say that, of her, Luke, Lucky, and Lulu (hell, and Nik), she's the least passive-aggressive. If these are recent discussions, I'd assume it's mostly fans pissed that she didn't rat out Liz and Nik.

I could buy, too, that she's so far deep in this now that she has to keep telling herself Julian is evil, otherwise, she has to own up a really big fuck up/lie on her part. There is really no graceful way out of this for her.

Hasn't the CDC secured that couch to study it yet?

Maybe Frank has some kind of weird "but you can call me" fixation? Or has he just decided that Morgan is particularly attracted to women who like to be called by another name? Lauren/Kiki, Darby/Dar, Ava/Denise... Almost forgot to add... As much as I love WK/Ned, I'm also kind of annoyed that we apparently just had to have Ned come back and break up with Olivia on screen, to the point where it was necessary to go ask Days to let him come play for a day. Like that is the one story beat that we just could not skimp on playing out onscreen with the real actor.

Or maybe a bed to pose on? Something? I assumed Steffy intentionally didn't give her anything she'd look "hot, hot, hot" in. I thought that, for lingerie, it was rather unflattering in cut/shape. They may as well have just had Liam wrap up with "and that's what Christmas is all about, Charlie Brown."

The worst part is, I don't think he even did it to make a living - he never really seemed to care about the money. He just did it because he believed it was somehow noble and righteous, and to protect the love of his life - Sonny.

All I could think while watching the Steffy/Liam/Ivy/Wyatt scenes was "Aly died for this shit?"

My favorite parts of this one had nothing to do with the triangle. I loved Farkle's "everyone's making a big deal that you rode a bull for 4 seconds. I ate him!" And I loved the whole scene when Zay's ex showed up and Maya and Riley tried to make her jealous, complete with making up middle names for him and Riley's "Cotton Candy Face." I really hope the show doesn't end up bogged down in the triangle instead of giving us more of them all as a goofy group of friends.

They got Michael back, they don't need their stand-in son any more.

Ahem - Zay.

At this point, any friend of Patrick's they introduced, I'd just assume was a predator or criminal of some sort. Did he go to med school at "Isle of Evil Med"?

I kind of wonder if Maya telling her (in the promo for what I assume is part 3), "something happened between me and Lucas" is misdirection on the show's part. Possibly, nothing happened, but she's saying it did to get Riley's reaction to it and force Riley into showing exactly how she really feels about Lucas. It would certainly be payback for Riley forcing Maya's feelings out in the open.

Interesting that they're (so far) selling it as Lucas not being on the same page with Riley, in regards to the whole "we're brother and sister" thing.