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Agreed. If she had spoken up, Jenna might have spoken up. Then you've got 4 people all telling the two drunk assholes that they're being drunk assholes. And Cheyenne doesn't feel alone and doesn't feel like the majority of the group is condoning their shit, or that their bullying her is not important enough to any of them (except her partner) for them to say something loud and proud in front of the group, instead of in hushed tones, off camera, where the bullies can't hear them...Sarah.

This reminds me of people complaining during the 2008 election that comedy shows, especially, SNL, weren't being "fair" in the distribution of their jokes. But, I mean, come on...President Obama generally doesn't put much out there that lends itself to satire. And, if you're a comedian, and you're looking at the group of Obama/Biden/McCain/Palin, where is the bulk of your satire going to come from? The unhinged airhead, or the guy who manages to maintain his dignity 99% of the time? Same thing here. There's only so much you can do with regard to Hillary's two most lampoon-able traits - her years long desire to be POTUS (that can sometimes be made to look desperate) and her often awkward attempts to portray herself as "just regular old folks like the rest of you." Trump, on the other hand, offers up a buffet of shit to make fun of on an hourly basis. I'm kind of dreading the idea that we might get an appearance here by Trump at some point during the next few months. I don't think the network would give Stephen the freedom to fully call him out if he says anything stupid or blatantly untrue. I'd pay PPV event level money to see the Stephen who said he'd ask Trump "how does Putin's dick taste" interviewing Trump.

She's so full of shit. Standing up for Cheyenne in that moment didn't require a full sit down conversation with two drunk guys about all of the reasons what they were doing was wrong. Sure, that longer conversation should take place when they're not drunk a 4 AM. However, no matter what time, and no matter where the bullies fall on the sober to drunk spectrum, you can absolutely say "stop it." You can make your displeasure known. All she would have had to say was "guys, stop, you're drunk and acting like assholes, go sleep it off, because how you're behaving is not OK."

Haven't JaSam been in a coma already for months? So we've got two down. Many to go. (I'm looking at you, Sonny, Carly, Morgan, Nina, Darby, Julian, Nik, Alexis, Franco, Claudette, and Nathan...oh, wait, I'm pretty sure he's already in a coma, too.)

The one thing that surprises me is that they really did not leave it ambiguous, like I thought they would. I thought for sure that we'd get some kind of "but was Riley really who Lucas picked, or did he find out that she was his only option first?" kind of thing. But, from the moment he came down the stairs and was clearly upset about Riley talking to Evan, it was pretty clear. And when he panicked when Maya pretended that she was really into him and "knew" he picked her. That they made it so clean cut was surprising. As for Josh/Maya, I don't really have a problem with the age difference. As a teen, I dated guys who were about that age difference (hell, in college, I dated a guy 10 years older than me). I know it's cliche to say that girls mature faster than boys, but, well, as the parent of a 13 year old boy, I can assure you, it's true. There's absolutely a maturity difference when you look at my son and the boys in his grade and then you look at the girls in his grade. Now, the difference in places they're each at in life is more of an issue. A college relationship is, often, more "mature" than a high school relationship. The experience level is generally very different. Not to mention that a high school girl who's committed to a guy who isn't even there on a day to day basis is going to miss out on a lot of the kind of life a girl in high school should be experiencing. (On a related note, I knew more than a couple guys, freshman year of college, who were dating sophomores in high school from back home. Those relationships generally didn't last beyond the mid point of freshman year, because both parties end up feeling like they're missing out on the full high school/college experience). So, while I have no problem with the three year age difference, the experience level is enough to give an adult pause, because we have the experience to realize the pitfalls. I'm glad they're at least taking the step of not creating an actual Josh/Maya relationship. The opposite, in fact. Josh talked about how they would both be out there living their lives. While I acknowledge that the reasoning for Maya's interest and loss of interest in Lucas was stupid*, I actually thought a lot of this episode was rather sweet, at exactly the level it should be for the Disney Channel watching crowd. And Riley seemed a lot less, well, stupid, in this episode. (Except for the fact that she was stuck in that boot the whole damn time.) And I feel like Lucas showed more personality than he has in most episodes. I'll give Peyton credit, whenever the script has called for him to be clearly interested in Riley, he does a good job of selling it. The boy knows how to make his face light up. And, I'll admit, I cracked up at Riley's panicked "Maya!!!" when Lucas pulled out the ring box, followed by "stay where you are!" when he revealed it to be a jelly bean. Those kind of moments are where she really clicks as Cory's kid for me. The best part, by far, though, was the reinforcing the Riley/Maya friendship, complete with the two of them getting the closing scene to show that it's still the most important relationship. (Honorable mention to the look on Topanga's face at " Mr. Matthews? My Mom says hello.") *An explanation that would have made far more sense, while still incorporating the "Maya was becoming Riley" narrative (which is kind of dumb, but it's what they've given us to work with for weeks), would have been some realization that Maya has always wanted to have a family like Riley's, and she was still harboring some inner turmoil over the idea that she wasn't "good enough" for a family. I know they had the episode where she meets her father and he tells her that it was never her fault, and she forgives herself, but some of that could still, easily, be in there. Teens don't just get over deep emotional pain that quickly, even when they're absolved of the pain like that. Now that she's getting that family, in Shawn proposing to her mom, that could have been the thing that made her realize that she doesn't have to be like Riley to be loved and cared for. I honestly thought that was going to be some of the reasoning, since it seemed intentional that Shawn's proposal came at the end of the same episode where Maya was trying to stop being Riley. Part of the problem with any explanation is that they shouldn't need one. The writers let themselves be lured into this triangle as fan service to the people who had started shipping Lucas/Maya, a relationship they hadn't planned on doing. Trying to be all things to all fan bases left them with a story they needed an exit for, so we ended up with this mess they needed to clean up.

Ditto. And I never even liked Nany before.

I'm more convinced today than ever that Amy Vining 2.0 is the killer.

It's ridiculous that her options are either this or Niz (again). Bring back Matt, show!!

How old is Leroy? I don't begrudge young people living it up and having fun while they're young, but, at some point, you need to start adulting, Leroy.

True, for his partners. Although anyone who isn't his partner is not going to trust him as much as they would have before that, in terms of alliances, because, if he takes it all, it's a clear signal that he will do anything and screw anyone over, even the partner who helped him win, to get more money for himself. After spending how long bitching about Sarah sending him into elimination (where his fate was still in his own hands, to an extent), I don't see how he could justify literally taking money out of the hands of the person who helped him win it, and then still look the rest of these people in the eye and pretend he's not a far bigger snake than he accused her of being. As for partners, if they have another announcement at the start of the final, that this will happen again, I can see them being more at odds with him in the final, instead of working together, because they'll be more focused on trying to get more points for themselves. He'd need another partner like Sarah - someone who wants his approval so badly and who also cannot stand to lose, even if they won't end up getting a penny for winning. Not to mention that, in Exes, he was already on borrowed time. He'd been eliminated once and brought back. He failed to survive elimination twice in the same season. That's not Sarah's fault. This season, however, Sarah was just as integral to their success as he was (even more when you remember that he started the season off being petty and sabotaging her instead of trying his best to win).

I'm sure Helena developed some sort of ink that only shows up on Cassadine Island. Because...Helena.

I actually thought that, when she wasn't speaking, she looked decidedly unhappy. But, really, if he does take all the money, it wouldn't surprise me for her to sit there and act all chummy with him. Her need for people to like her is pathological, and I could see her rationalizing to herself that they're "even" now. I agree, the twist is ridiculously unfair. I don't see how production can expect cast members to trust them once they all knew this was on the table. Even the ones who mostly show up for the free vacation, might second guess "you mean that, even if I do everything right, win missions, survive any eliminations I face, and win the final, I could still walk away empty handed?" Although, on the other hand, I would love if the effect this has, if John takes it all, is that nobody trusts him as an alliance partner any more. Because if he'd take the money his partner rightfully won alongside him for himself, all bets should be off for the rest of them. How can you rely on someone like that to keep up his end of an alliance? Vince should basically be the only one who trusts him after something like that. If he does it, John will, of course, play it off as "this is payback for the money she cheated me out of on Exes," but, really, I don't think there are many people among the Challenge regulars who he wouldn't do the same thing to. He's always been about getting that money, and this is, essentially, his career. I don't think he's a decent enough guy to be able to resist taking home that kind of money, regardless of whose expense he takes it at. And he'd just justify it as "well, I performed the best, so I won." I actually think the twist would be more interesting if, instead of one partner in the team being able to decide whether to split or not, you either let the other two teams vote as to how each team's money is split, or, and this is my preference, you let the eliminated cast members all vote. Could you imagine if John had to rely on all of the people he's gunned for over the season to decide if he gets to take home any money?

She and Laurel were friends back when the two of them were being completes assholes to Cara Maria. I assume they're still friends, or friendly. And that's a shame, because I'd love to see Sarah get the kind of take down Laurel delivered to Eric or Paula. Although, is Laurel even doing these any more? I feel like I'm one of the only people who really likes Devin, but I never watched AYTO, so I had no pre-existing baggage with him. Of the people left, he and Cheyenne are far and away my favorites. (Not that the bar is high with this group...) I couldn't believe Nicole's "If I had the chance to go back, I wouldn't have played it any differently." Really? You wouldn't maybe side with your cousin to increase the odds that you'd both make the final four? Dario, feel free to never return to my TV, OK? Thanks. I can't be the only one who feels like this twist was instituted solely for John? I will thoroughly enjoy the karma if John takes all the money and leaves Sarah with nothing. You know that she'd take it as a sign that he really doesn't like her after all, and if there's one thing she can't deal with, it's someone not liking her.

I still remain confused by the Carly/Nina bonding. Did I hallucinate the fact that Nina kidnapped one of Sonny's possessions...errr...babies? The same baby that Carly has retconned into being her very own child? She actively ruined AJ's life for the "sin" of hooking up with her and creating Michael, but she's already besties with Nina? I guess Nina's lucky she's not a fat drunk.

I still don't think that's a big deal. When I was in high school (back in the 80's), it was fairly common for, say a sophomore to date a senior. So, two kids who are in the same grade but one is on the youngest end of that grade's spectrum, and the other is older because they had to repeat a year, is really not a big deal or "icky." They're in the same grade and, therefore, in a lot of ways, in the same place in life. A two year age difference in teens dating is nothing unusual or inappropriate.

As we see Lulu saying "Helena wanted me to go there," all I could think was that any rational person would not go to somewhere that Helena had manipulated them into going from beyond the grave. So, of course, they'll all head over there.

I don't remotely get this shit. Caroline wanted a baby AND Ridge, not a baby and the baby's father, no matter who it is. I don't buy for a second that either she or Ridge thinks that a baby needs to be raised by his married parents, no matter what (let alone in these icky circumstances). Caroline was raised by her two mothers. Ridge was (as he found out later in life) raised by a man who was not his biological father. I didn't watch back then, but I highly doubt any of you will tell me that Ridge pushed Brooke to be with Deacon because he was Hope's father. So dumb, show. So, so dumb.

Disney has had a decent number of lead characters graduate HS in recent years, though. Off the top of my head, I can think of Austin & Ally (where we saw them beyond graduation), Hannah Montana, Suite Life on Deck, Good Luck Charlie, and Wizards. Oh, and Liv & Maddie, where they're apparently getting one season of college in before the series ends.

Well, you know, the people of Port Charles are not really good at avoiding dangerous places/situations. They keep showing up for events at Wyndemere and the Metro Court. They hang out at the docks. And they go to parties thrown by Sonny. I have no problem believing they'd all stop for coffee at SonnyBucks every morning.

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That is so typical Sarah. I won't say anything to the bully, so he doesn't get mad at me. Then, I'll go quietly talk to his target and express my sympathy, so that she doesn't get mad at me either. Everyone, please, just like me!!!!!

Carly probably doesn't even let Morgan take the key out of the hotel building with him. He's not a big boy yet.

I so hoped that, when Morgan was kissing still sleepy Kiki, she'd call him Dillon. What a let down that she didn't. And Parker? Ugh. So, you know that you're the "experienced adult" in this situation, and what do you do? You sleep with the girl, then you grill her about how it made her feel, and pressure her to label herself, and follow it up with an "oh, this isn't, like a thing here," type brush off. I don't think you can pat yourself on the back for being so aware of how significant Kristina's first time with a woman is when you're not actually going to have some sensitivity and consideration in how you handle it. Sonny's conversation with WhatsHisName about how he'll answer to Sonny if he hurts Kristina was hilarious, considering that, most days, Sonny couldn't pick Girl Child out of a line up. Speaking of Sonny, Morgan should have been at least a little hesitant to send him back to his hotel room to get his meds, just in case Kiki happened to be in the room. I mean, once Dad shows he is capable of falling dick first into your girlfriend, can you ever really trust him to be alone with your girlfriends in a room with horizontal surfaces? I mean, I know a hotel room doesn't have quite the amorous atmosphere of a crypt, but... (Also, if I was in charge, Sonny would have walked into that hotel room to find Kiki and Dillon in bed together. Of course, if I was in charge, Kiki would have never taken Morgan's ass back in the first place. Actually, Kiki and Morgan never would have happened in the first place. But, if I was in charge just for today, then, yeah, Kiki says Dillon's name in bed and/or Sonny walks in on Kiki and Dillon in bed when he goes to get Morgan's meds.)

That's gross. I may have to take this one off the DVR. It's bad enough they tried to walk back what we saw on screen, but to now have the violated woman, months later, saying that she wanted it? Nope.

We can only go off of what we see (just like Nany can only react to what she sees). However, even giving him the benefit of the doubt that he was commiserating, we all know he would only be commiserating because it benefits him. There are basically three reasons John would commiserate. 1) He thinks that if he keeps telling the woman who is upset that she's right, it will egg her on to intensify the conflict, and he'll get to enjoy watching two girls fight (because he very gleefully enjoys watching the his female cast mates losing their tempers and fighting, and he likes to stir the pot, and he's openly said on previous occasions how entertaining he finds it when Nany or Camila lose their cool ). 2) Him commiserating is a way to cement their anger at someone so he can exploit it to advance his own game. In this instance, it's not hard to see where this would benefit him. He wanted Wes out. Wes was Nany's partner. Nany's cousin was a natural ally for her and Wes. Egging on Nany's cousin's anger towards Nany will help him to split up that natural alliance, reducing the numbers for Wes and Nany's side of the house. 3) He hasn't landed a hook up partner for the season and playing the shoulder to cry on would help him get into someone's pants. (For the record, I don't remotely think this one was in play here, especially since Nicole was already into another guy.) So, even if he was commiserating, I highly doubt he was doing it out of the kindness of his heart, or because he felt bad for poor little Nicole, whose cousin was being mean to her. He did it because it advanced his own agenda. His commiseration is manipulation. All that aside, I thought it was pretty clear that Nany was still not completely happy with her cousin. Her body language was pretty clear in that, especially after the clips. However, this is the same Nany who thought it wouldn't be appropriate to get physical with her cousin in the elimination round. So I can easily see her not being OK with having it out with her cousin on stage there. (Yes, there was the fight in the clip they showed, but, that was in the heat of the moment.) Not to mention that, between those events and the taping of this AS, Nany had likely had time to hash it out with Nicole off camera. What Nicole did was crappy, no question. However, I can see how Nany can look at it and judge it as not as bad as what John did. First, telling Dario about the alliance. Yes, Nany told her not to tell anyone. However, in a situation like this, your partner is who you need to work with to win. I would expect anything I said to someone (that was related to the game) to be told to their partner. Your partner is the one you have to rely on and work with, even if it doesn't necessarily work with your pre-existing relationships with other cast members. For example, Cory had to throw his friend into contention for the elimination round because their partners were fighting, and it was best for his partnership with Ashley to do so. That didn't end hurt their friendship. So, Nicole knew something that was related to the game, and she told her partner. It ended up being a huge mistake, but I think most people would tell their partner. As for the Nate stuff (seriously, Nicole, Nate??), Nany has her own history of making poor choices when a guy is involved. She can probably, at least, understand where her cousin was coming from, even as it pissed her off to have it happen. And, of course, Nicole was an active participant in that conversation with John. But, while her cousin was, in that moment, operating from a point of being emotional and upset over the conflict with Nany, John was not emotionally upset. He was operating from a point of "hmm..Nicole and Nany are upset? I can use this," and he chose to push buttons and encourage the rift vs. being Nany's friend and helping diffuse the conflict.