The GCEh?C: Canadian Episodes (Spoilers for Non-Canadians)

[Foghorn Leghorn]

I am sooooo sick of Faith getting everything she wants and she is getting a hell of a lot of airtime isn't she!!

[peacheslatour]

5 minutes ago, bannana said:

I am really hoping Alex is transgender.  I cannot comment anymore on Derek Jason Morgan.

 

Trust me, she's knot. I think you're barking up the wrong tree.

Edited January 11, 2017 by peacheslatour

[bannana]

Darn.  I was hoping Derek could branch out in his endeavours.

[valleycliffe]

LOL @ derek jason morgan.........

never watched gh, is that how jason used to act or be or whatever..

[peacheslatour]

9 minutes ago, valleycliffe said:

LOL @ derek jason morgan.........

never watched gh, is that how jason used to act or be or whatever..

Shemar Moore's character on Criminal Minds was Derek Morgan. Weird.

[bannana]

22 minutes ago, valleycliffe said:

LOL @ derek jason morgan.........

never watched gh, is that how jason used to act or be or whatever..

Well, I guess not really.  He was  more Borg-like.  It's a stretch on my part.   Maybe Derek is more like Jason Morgan wearing Hai Karate.  

 

Overall, it is quite embarrassing.  Even more embarrassing than Lauren's orange boobs.  And Chloe's pathetic trench coat flash.  And Prick's tight t-shirt.  And Lauren's hair.  

14 minutes ago, peacheslatour said:

Shemar Moore's character on Criminal Minds was Derek Morgan. Weird.

Ha Ha!  That is funny.

[Big Blue Plate]

Whoever kills Dylan I wish they'd get on with it, because this CSI:  Bad Crime Writing is killing me.

[jewel21]

Thank you, Gloriole33 :)

[peacheslatour]

2 hours ago, Big Blue Plate said:

Whoever kills Dylan I wish they'd get on with it, because this CSI:  Bad Crime Writing is killing me.

Doesn't it drive you nuts? In this day and age, when we've seen millions of Law and Orders, CSIs, Miami Vices and innummerable movies, even old Perry Mason episodes are more accurate at showing how this stuff works. FFS, Show buy a clue.

Edited January 12, 2017 by peacheslatour

[bannana]

What a boring show today!  Who cares if Devon remembers Hil tripped Mariah? Just typing it out, it sounds ridiculous.  It's certainly not the crime of the century and not even of GC.

Okay, as some have speculated, Reed may be gay, because today he told Billy he might be interested in having sex, that there is this "person" he likes.  I bet they have Prick be the most supportive Gwampa ever!

They are def setting up Jack/Hillary hook up.

[miamama]

Yeah I find the WE CANNOT LET DEVON KNOW, THE SHOCK MIGHT KILL HIM to be very WTF?. Hilary the schemer who has done far worse tripped Mariah, who was unharmed. Seriously? I mean I do understand this is no longer Pratt's explosions but that is quite lame.

[bannana]

I kept thinking about Neil's crimes against Hillary, including almost getting her killed!  BTW, does Jack know what Neil did to Hillary?

[Anna Yolei]

I don't think anyone outside of the immediate Winters clan knows. That's why Hillary was blackmailing them during the last character rewrites or whatever.

Edited January 12, 2017 by Anna Yolei

[peacheslatour]

8 minutes ago, Anna Yolei said:

I don't think anyone outside of the immediate Winters clan knows. That's why Hillary was blackmailing them during the last character rewrites or whatever.

I wish someone had something with which to reverse blackmail Hilary.

[miamama]

Jack knows. I can't recall who told him. Hillary? In any case first he was upset but then he assured Neil that he knows he meant well, he really was trying to help Hilary after the accidental fall (wish I was joking) in Pratt's way of dealing with the corner into which he had painted Neil.

[Big Blue Plate]

Random observations:  Lily gets prettier the older she gets (probably should have put that in UO).  

Bergman was a real pleasure to watch today... he's dialled it back... when he plays in natural and conversational he's a real pleasure to watch....

Jill's obsession with Billy and Victoria is the we don't know how to write for a woman of a certain age equivalent of the great weeks of pondering over what exactly The Fall came to pass.  Either that or Jess Walton has no retirement savings.  Or both.  

Am I the only one who saw anvils dropping re. Hillary's prospects as the next Mrs. Jack Abbott?

58 minutes ago, bannana said:

Reed may be gay, because today he told Billy he might be interested in having sex, that there is this "person" he likes.

I caught that too... but, are these writers smart enough to go that subtle?  And can you really see Y&R handling a gay storyline with a 15 or 16 year old?  Dear God in heaven!

[miamama]

Just now, Big Blue Plate said:

Am I the only one who saw anvils dropping re. Hillary's prospects as the next Mrs. Jack Abbott?

Really? @bannana said same (or hookup anyways). I have only read recaps of today and can't watch until later. Tell me why you both think so because I would be shocked. I mean I KNOW that Hevon needs something. This "You are a bad person, Hillary." "Oh let's have sex, Devon" is not actually a storyline. However I figured they'd dropped HiJack.

[Big Blue Plate]

Oh, just, Jack was totally defending her to the last ditch... I can just see they've set up this superbitch character that everybody hates... she's got a built in rival arch nemesis in Phyllis... it's very John and Jill...  I guess the anvils for me were the extent of Jack's defence of Hillary.  Plus her doing a modest no no and the husband being unable to recall put me in mind of one of John's strokes, either the seventh or the four hundred seventy second, where he was married to Jill at the time and regained consciousness and instead of divorcing her, kissed her. It just feels very old school Y&R to me to hook up Jack with a story like that.  Plus if there's a plan to put Jack and Phyllis together again, this is classic Y&R barrier building.  Plus, I don't really know what Phyllis is supposed to do these days.  Hating on Jack's marriage to Hillary would work.   Although her exciting work in the compelling Fenmore's business story would earn her a daytime Emmy even if the original seven soaps were on each network.  Obviously. 

[bannana]

4 minutes ago, miamama said:

Really? @bannana said same (or hookup anyways). I have only read recaps of today and can't watch until later. Tell me why you both think so because I would be shocked. I mean I KNOW that Hevon needs something. This "You are a bad person, Hillary." "Oh let's have sex, Devon" is not actually a storyline. However I figured they'd dropped HiJack.

After the whole tripping Mariah thing was exposed at the gala, Hillary apologized profusely to Jack and he was all, hey, no probs.  Then today while Neil was ranting about the evil Hillary (sheesh!) Jack defended her.  Neil warned him about her, and Jack said he was okay with her.  That's why also I wondered whether Jack knew about Neil's crimes, because it would have been the perfect time for Jack to say:  Really, Neil?  The woman whom you set up by luring her away from her honeymoon and then kidnapped, flew across the ocean, and  held hostage in a shack while she almost died--this is the woman you are attacking?  BECAUSE SHE TRIPPED SOMEONE?!

But for some reason Jack is so deferential to Neil.

[miamama]

2 minutes ago, Big Blue Plate said:

Oh, just, Jack was totally defending her to the last ditch... I can just see they've set up this superbitch character that everybody hates... she's got a built in rival arch nemesis in Phyllis... it's very John and Jill...  I guess the anvils for me were the extent of Jack's defence of Hillary.  Plus her doing a modest no no and the husband being unable to recall put me in mind of one of John's strokes, either the seventh or the four hundred seventy second, where he was married to Jill at the time and regained consciousness and instead of divorcing her, kissed her. It just feels very old school Y&R to me to hook up Jack with a story like that.  Plus if there's a plan to put Jack and Phyllis together again, this is classic Y&R barrier building.  Plus, I don't really know what Phyllis is supposed to do these days.  Hating on Jack's marriage to Hillary would work.   Although her exciting work in the compelling Fenmore's business story would earn her a daytime Emmy even if the original seven soaps were on each network.  Obviously. 

Thanks @Big Blue Plate. This whole post. lol. Dying. My sense is Jack is her FRIEND. Sally has been big on FRIENDS. But I see what you are saying. Hilary loving Darvon is boring AF. He needs to do something to have some reason to exist or just go away. I'd enjoy Hillary as Mrs. Jack Abbott. It would be very John and Jill 2.0. Sally said she loves the SCHEMERS (in that interview) like Hilary and she can do much more as Mrs. John Abbott Jr.

And Phyllis is not doing anything besides flashing her heavily contoured boobs and following Lauren around.

1 minute ago, bannana said:

After the whole tripping Mariah thing was exposed at the gala, Hillary apologized profusely to Jack and he was all, hey, no probs.  Then today while Neil was ranting about the evil Hillary (sheesh!) Jack defended her.  Neil warned him about her, and Jack said he was okay with her.  That's why also I wondered whether Jack knew about Neil's crimes, because it would have been the perfect time for Jack to say:  Really, Neil?  The woman whom you set up by luring her away from her honeymoon and then kidnapped, flew across the ocean, and  held hostage in a shack while she almost died--this is the woman you are attacking?  BECAUSE SHE TRIPPED SOMEONE?!

But for some reason Jack is so deferential to Neil.

Thanks @bannana. lol. Sally said there were things she would ignore that were simply too absurd. It's clear Neil and the boathouse fiasco is one of them. I don't think it's been mentioned once as he's pointed his finger at Hilary over tripgate.

Neil warning Jack about Hilary is unusual and rather anvil-like. I would so love scheming Jack and devilish Hilary by his side RUNNING THIS TOWN. So that John and Jill 2.0 would be more Macbeth and Lady Macbeth than Good John and Bad Jill. Hmmmm

[Big Blue Plate]

1 minute ago, miamama said:

And Phyllis is not doing anything besides flashing her heavily contoured boobs and following Lauren around.

Maybe Sally can resurrect Gina's (or even The Allegro, for the ancient among us) and they can start a singing act - Tonight!  The Cougars Tribute to ABBA!

[miamama]

4 minutes ago, Big Blue Plate said:

Maybe Sally can resurrect Gina's (or even The Allegro, for the ancient among us) and they can start a singing act - Tonight!  The Cougars Tribute to ABBA!

lol. 

[Capricasix]

Jack said to Neil today that Devon was the one who chose to get in the car and drive like mad. I said the same thing to my husband last week - nobody made him do it! And Neil, the jerk, has got no leg to stand on when it comes to accusing Hilary of being devious.

[Anna Yolei]

39 minutes ago, miamama said:

Sally said there were things she would ignore that were simply too absurd. It's clear Neil and the boathouse fiasco is one of them. I

Neil has always been a control freak with his women, but this was the equivalent of turning full speed into Lavant Corner on the Goodwood racing circuit and just so out of line with everything about the character. Considering the many crimes Victor gets away with on a weekly basis, I'm more than fine with ignoring that needlessly dark point in the show's history.

[jewel21]

I haven't watched in a few days but hopefully I can be back to recapping next week. It sounds like I'm not missing much, though.

[bannana]

Wowza, today was boring!  Bring back Derek and Alex, please! (They will be on Monday's CDN based on the previews.)

More on the Devon memory loss.  Jack advises Hill to tell him.  She says she cannot, she needs to show him how much she loves him so when he remembers that SHE TRIPPED MARIAH, he won't throw himself out of the Penthouse window.  I must have dozed off because near the end of the show, Hill tries to tell Devon the truth but he kept interrupting her and says that his visit from Cane made him see the light. He has been a useless and uninspired billionaire, doing nothing of any value, and that is all going to change now, he's a NEW MAN.

A bunch of boring stuff with Vic, Billy and Reed.  The most interesting part was, at home, Reed used Victoria's credit card to go to a porn or online dating site or something.  I couldn't tell because I was barely awake, but I don't think it was a gay site.  Later, when she asked him about why the credit card was on the desk, he blamed Johnny and Katie.  Who by the way were pretty cute after their karate lessons.

Jill is on the warpath agains Hill, and tries to convince Jack, but he points out that Jill was exactly like Hill when she was younger.  He stands by Hill.  Yup, it's coming.

There is supposed to be a photo shoot for some men's body spray at Brash and Sassy.  They are making up tag lines and their marketing strategy on the fly, for a launch before Valentine's Day.  Right.  Too bad their model cancelled.  Jill to the rescue!  She recruits Lily.  I forgot that Lily used to model for Jabot.  So while all this is going on, Cane is visiting Devon, because he had no urgency to go to work.  Weird.  He shows up at the shoot when it is almost finished, and sees Lily modelling. I guess he is not happy about it, at least that's what Jill thinks.  Billy thinks it doesn't matter what Cane thinks, it matters what Lily thinks.  Billy was also the one coaching Lily.  Could they become an item? 

Previews:  Derek in a car with a scary dude!  Kinder, gentler Prick surrounded by his children and grandchildren for some special event; Sharon still trying find out about Derek, er, Dullen.

[Syndicate]

19 minutes ago, bannana said:

Wowza, today was boring!  Bring back Derek and Alex, please! (They will be on Monday's CDN based on the previews.)

More on the Devon memory loss.  Jack advises Hill to tell him.  She says she cannot, she needs to show him how much she loves him so when he remembers that SHE TRIPPED MARIAH, he won't throw himself out of the Penthouse window.  I must have dozed off because near the end of the show, Hill tries to tell Devon the truth but he kept interrupting her and says that his visit from Cane made him see the light. He has been a useless and uninspired billionaire, doing nothing of any value, and that is all going to change now, he's a NEW MAN.

A bunch of boring stuff with Vic, Billy and Reed.  The most interesting part was, at home, Reed used Victoria's credit card to go to a porn or online dating site or something.  I couldn't tell because I was barely awake, but I don't think it was a gay site.  Later, when she asked him about why the credit card was on the desk, he blamed Johnny and Katie.  Who by the way were pretty cute after their karate lessons.

Jill is on the warpath agains Hill, and tries to convince Jack, but he points out that Jill was exactly like Hill when she was younger.  He stands by Hill.  Yup, it's coming.

There is supposed to be a photo shoot for some men's body spray at Brash and Sassy.  They are making up tag lines and their marketing strategy on the fly, for a launch before Valentine's Day.  Right.  Too bad their model cancelled.  Jill to the rescue!  She recruits Lily.  I forgot that Lily used to model for Jabot.  So while all this is going on, Cane is visiting Devon, because he had no urgency to go to work.  Weird.  He shows up at the shoot when it is almost finished, and sees Lily modelling. I guess he is not happy about it, at least that's what Jill thinks.  Billy thinks it doesn't matter what Cane thinks, it matters what Lily thinks.  Billy was also the one coaching Lily.  Could they become an item? 

Previews:  Derek in a car with a scary dude!  Kinder, gentler Prick surrounded by his children and grandchildren for some special event; Sharon still trying find out about Derek, er, Dullen.

Reed uses his mom's credit card to pay for online porn? I'm going to be SUPER surprised if it's not gay porn. I'm sorry, but this version of Reed doesn't read (no pun intended) as straight.

Edited January 13, 2017 by Syndicate

[Big Blue Plate]

1 hour ago, bannana said:

Jill is on the warpath agains Hill, and tries to convince Jack, but he points out that Jill was exactly like Hill when she was younger.  He stands by Hill.  Yup, it's coming.

No more anvils.  The talking book equivalent of big print.

LOL haven't seen it but trying to picture Y&R + daytime + online porn + 15 year old boy.   Oh, my sides!

ETA that was a 'porn' site, those were females on the login page, and the only thing stupider than Victoria leaving a credit card in a desk at home is the writers for coming up with the idea that hey, just put the credit card in the desk at home!

Dear God in heaven!  Will we be treated to a Bill Bell Memorial Teen Addiction to Online Porn Storyline?

Way to stay relevant!  And way to be topical!  Give me Rose DeVille.  Give me Vanessa Prentiss.  Even give me Chancellor riding a stable boy, or better, jumping off cruise ship, washing ashore on an island, and returning with a burly Latino slightly more age appropropriate fuck buddy called Felipe (oh, yes she did!),  but for God sake keep the messages outta my face. 

My great fear was Sally would return to the worst of Y&R's roots.

This isn't that hard to get right, people.

Edited January 14, 2017 by Big Blue Plate
End of days

[bannana]

Hey, I just remembered that Daniel had some kind of porn addiction.  But he wasn't a teen then was he?  Or is that what broke him and Lily up?

Yes, it was girls on the log in page, beckoning the viewer to enter.  But still not sure, because then why did Reed say: there's this PERSON, that he is interested in.  Maybe he is bi. 

I am looking forward to Hillary and Jack.  Something new.

[Big Blue Plate]

I can't believe it.... kinda liking Hillary and Devon today.  She's actually kind of a complicated character.  I think she needs a better scene partner, though he's growing on me.  Slightly. 

[boes]

3 hours ago, bannana said:

 

Previews:   Kinder, gentler Prick surrounded by his children and grandchildren for some special event; 

Maybe he's having a colonoscopy and all the chillern and chillern chillerns are there so they can get an indepth look at the ass they keep kissing?

It's a family affair, it's a family affair.....

Edited January 14, 2017 by boes

[klopek]

Well, whaddya think Canadian Preverts... have we finally solved the riddle of the mysteriously absent 5th Quinlan Quint? 

[Big Blue Plate]

I almost feel sorry for Burton.  I mean a guy's gotta eat so you can't blame him for saying yes to the whole FOJ premise/promise back in the day.  It's his job to protect Y&R from the destructive talents of JFP?  Not gonna happen.  And now she's gone and her chief typist is gone and he's going and as the sun is setting on him he's set adrift onscreen in an isolated storyline away from the cast he knows, with lousy dialogue and stupid costumes... if I was a conspiracy theorist I'd say if they can plot revenge this well in real life, why is the show so badly written?

[Shicklove1]

On 2017-01-11 at 8:24 AM, PatsyandEddie said:

If Sharon ends up being responsible for Dylan's death, I will stop watching. Last straw and all that. 

At this point I only watch about twice a month and I am with you if they lay Dylan's death on Sharon I am done with this show.  I stopped watching for months and years ago I stopped watching for 2 years,  I am prepared to stop watching permanently if they lay the blame on Sharon yet again.   So sick of this.

[jewel21]

Alex looks like a beast. I mean she's pretty enough but she''s so tall and big boned that she makes Dylan look like a midget. It's hilarious.

[Foghorn Leghorn]

Alex looks like a man....

[bannana]

4 hours ago, Foghorn Leghorn said:

Alex looks like a man....

I did speculate that Alex is transgender....

[valleycliffe]

8 minutes ago, bannana said:

I did speculate that Alex is transgender....

they should have asked caitlyn in that case...

[crowsworks]

I wonder if Alex is a cop and Deadwood's replacement...cause this show needs another woman for the three remotely viable men to fight over.

[crowsworks]

I suppose Sharon could dip her toes in the lady pool. ala Lagertha...(On the Vikings - a character just gives up on men.)

[bannana]

So Derek did the nasty with Alex (twice) and it is all Sharon's fault!  Or rather it is Kevin's fault that Sharon found the secret phone in the unlocked not so secret drawer and she called the number and Alex answered!  Sharon said, oops, wrong number.  Then Alex interrogated Derek about who this woman was and he had to screw Alex to prove that he had nothing going on with mystery phone woman.

The expressions on Derek's face when they were screwing were priceless!

[Big Blue Plate]

So so so so so so much from which to choose in the fine, fine episode.  I feel like they've substituted bad, fast, plot driven drama for bad, clumsy, moment driven drama.  Which would be good, except for bad and clumsy parts. 

So was I the only one who shouted at the screen 'fuck off, Nick!' when he's all Neanderthallling Reed re. respect for his mother... who, frankly, seems to be hammering down on the kid like superbitch.  I'm totally on Team Reed in that house.  And why the puking?  He said nothing about never being hungry again.  I thought the moral message was about internet porn, not drunken internet porn.  Very confused, but awaiting my improvement lessons.  Also, children's services should be called because even under the combined lack of firepower that is Sharon and Dullen, little Sullstian or Christy never had a mullet.

This death of Dullen is the oddest piece of work I have ever seen.  He's getting his own parallel cast in his own parallel universe... I assume he's not going to die but he's going to get guilty dick for his survival shagging and just go off, depressed.  Talk about a whimper...

I forgot Chelsea existed lately until she walked into that odd dinner.  Which leads to my final point... The Newmans, interacting as a family, en masse, one room and it's got all the dramatic impact of an Yvonne Zuma Emmy reel.  Seriously, stack up an Abbott family scene vs. a Newman family scene... the Newman actors have no chemistry as a family.  

[Big Blue Plate]

On 1/15/2017 at 5:19 PM, bannana said:

I did speculate that Alex is transgender....

Who would that kill on the reveal?  Dylan or Burton?

[bannana]

6 minutes ago, Big Blue Plate said:

So so so so so so much from which to choose in the fine, fine episode.  I feel like they've substituted bad, fast, plot driven drama for bad, clumsy, moment driven drama.  Which would be good, except for bad and clumsy parts. 

So was I the only one who shouted at the screen 'fuck off, Nick!' when he's all Neanderthallling Reed re. respect for his mother... who, frankly, seems to be hammering down on the kid like superbitch.  I'm totally on Team Reed in that house.  And why the puking?  He said nothing about never being hungry again.  I thought the moral message was about internet porn, not drunken internet porn.  Very confused, but awaiting my improvement lessons.  Also, children's services should be called because even under the combined lack of firepower that is Sharon and Dullen, little Sullstian or Christy never had a mullet.

This death of Dullen is the oddest piece of work I have ever seen.  He's getting his own parallel cast in his own parallel universe... I assume he's not going to die but he's going to get guilty dick for his survival shagging and just go off, depressed.  Talk about a whimper...

I forgot Chelsea existed lately until she walked into that odd dinner.  Which leads to my final point... The Newmans, interacting as a family, en masse, one room and it's got all the dramatic impact of an Yvonne Zuma Emmy reel.  Seriously, stack up an Abbott family scene vs. a Newman family scene... the Newman actors have no chemistry as a family.  

BBP, this is what I think as well. He is going to be devastated by betraying Sharon and will leave her and GC.  Maybe he will stay with Alex, who is quite the handful.

1 minute ago, Big Blue Plate said:

Who would that kill on the reveal?  Dylan or Burton?

Both?  Or just Burton maybe!

I am also on Team Reed.  I cannot understand why Victoria is so nasty to her own kid.  And why did it seem like no one in this family has had any contact with Reed?  I live thousands of kilometres from my nieces and nephews and I knew everything that was going on in their lives especially when they were young.  It's not that tough to actually be in their lives especially now.  Poor Reed seems to have been out of sight, out of mind.

I didn't watch the whole episode, so I am not sure about the drinking but I did see Reed spike his drink.  I wonder if now Drinki will play into a teenage alcoholic storyline. Billy could also play in that one.  I did catch Prick dissing his own grandson, when he demeaned Noah's line of work.  I couldn't really stomach the Newman gathering so missed most of it.

[jewel21]

Very quick recap since most of what happened has already been discussed. And it's late, heh.

Victor wants to gather everyone together at the Top of the Tower for dinner. Everyone suspects some kind of hidden agenda but Victor just wants to tell the family how happy he is having them all together like this.

Chelsea is also in attendance much to Victor's delight. He tells Chelsea he hopes that Christian and Connor can grow up to be close like brothers should be. Chelsea agrees.

Nick and Chelsea discuss the elephant in the room which is their making out on New Year's Eve. They are happy to still remain friends although it looks like Nick wants more.

Faith is still nattering on about chess. She started a chess club at school and wants Chelsea to design uniforms should she participate in tournaments/competitions. She wants her dress to be purple and sparkly.

Reed is also at the dinner after reluctantly agreeing to attend. He wanted to stay home and practice his electric guitar. He spikes his drink at the dinner and later throws up outside on the front stoop of Victoria's home, heh.

Sharon shows up at the precinct and finds Kevin in Paul's' office. She demands to speak with her husband but Kevin says he has no way to reach Dylan even if he wanted to help her. Kevin gets a call/text (I don't remember) for a computer emergency and Sharon says she'll lock up. Sharon digs around and finds the phone that Paul has to reach Dylan. Like a giant idiot she calls the number and Alex answers. Sharon lamely says she has the wrong number and Alex is instantly suspicious. To save his life and his cover, Dylan sleeps with Alex. Way to go, Sharon. Kevin comes back and says he thought Sharon has left and she fakes losing her keys. Kevin finds them and she leaves. At the cottage she runs into Noah and tells him what happened. She says calling the number was a mistake. No shit, Sharon. If Dylan gets killed, it's on you.

And that's all I recall.

[boes]

All the Newmans gathered at The Top O' The Tower?  NOW is the time for their Towering Inferno storyline, instead it got wasted when Stench got his boo boo (and I don't mean Abby).

Imagine how all the flatulence from Turd and Co. would feed that fire.....

[pearlite]

You know, by comparison, and I admit it's not much of a comparison, I preferred the Newman get-together to the other two, let's call them plot-lines.

Why, you may ask? Am I saying this just to be ornery? Nope. In terms of the writing-patterns/soaptropes, the Significant Gathering is traditional, so I can be forgiving. What I can't forgive are the cheesy $2.00CAD cabbage-flower floral centrepieces. C'mon, props people! Others as well as I have seen better floral arrangements lately, and this little wingding is happening at the top of a building owned by Croesus P Newman. A lot of the goings-on here were trite and predictable: i.e., oh, look, Reid sneaks a drink; oh, goodness, Croesus gets all paterfamilias with Chelsea, and garsh, Nickanderthal likes fantasy football and dresses inappropriately [thus condemning Christian to a life of crappy plaid shirts].

Now, the other two time-lines or whatever: Australia does not export nearly enough non-oaked Chardonnay for me to be able to endure Det. Dade Deadwood and the Amazon. The sets!!! A roach motel? The costumes? No words--among the worst I've seen on the show, ever. Triple D's performance--words fail me. He just looks awkward and not remotely credible, and, floor director, a tiny note here: stay away from the close-ups on Triple D. Gag-inducing.

Sharon? Argh. Impulse control? Not so much. I admit I've never understood the character, but... Hon, what do you expect? Has experience nothing to teach you? Should I just stop typing?

Yes.

[NinjaPenguins]

10 hours ago, jewel21 said:

Chelsea is also in attendance much to Victor's delight. He tells Chelsea he hopes that Christian and Connor can grow up to be close like brothers should be. Chelsea agrees.

These two lying liars can share a dickbag buffet. 

10 hours ago, jewel21 said:

Faith is still nattering on about chess. She started a chess club at school and wants Chelsea to design uniforms should she participate in tournaments/competitions. She wants her dress to be purple and sparkly.

This needs to stop. Immediately. Like yesterday. 

Why would Kevin let a civilian lock up? Unless the computer emergency is a laptop straight up murdering people by flashing images of Victor having coitus with a Real Doll wearing his face, Kevin can stop a moment, usher Sharon out, and lock the fucking door. 

But let's talk about Miami Spruce, looking like he ambled off the set of Driftwood Does Dallas. The only way out of this phone call conundrum is to knock boots (or roots) with a stranger. He just can't pretend he's a swaggering manwhore who has ladies desperate for his pine vine. Just what you want in an undercover operative, an obtuse oak with no ability to improvise. I mean, this is what Nick would use to fix a tense situation, a penis.

So this contrived situation was cobbled together to blame stupid Sharon when the lounge log gets thrown in the wood chipper. Or Dylan won't actually be dead, but they have to tell Sharon that so she'll leave well enough alone, and she'll still blame herself. Whatever. 

[Toomuchsoap]

There's absolutely nothing going on on this show any more that has a spec of drama. If this is the writers' idea of "character driven", I'd rather have a plot driven drama instead.

[Anna Yolei]

13 hours ago, jewel21 said:

Faith is still nattering on about chess. She started a chess club at school and wants Chelsea to design uniforms should she participate in tournaments/competitions. She wants her dress to be purple and sparkly.

Whut 

That's not how chess team works.

That's not how any of that works. :/