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

[IOU Payne]

How long will it take for Nick to find out that Herb has been hiding his brother's true identity for ages, and kick her to the curb? I can't remember when a couple has had less chemistry, and that is saying a lot.

 

 

So you missed the scene of Noah climbing all over Marissa?  Now that's some powerful anti-chem!

[bc1795]

"Your mommy and daddy ain't getting back together. You got that?"

 

Faith:  "It says that on  your cell phone, grandpa?"

[pearlite]

So you missed the scene of Noah climbing all over Marissa?  Now that's some powerful anti-chem!

Well. Postcoitally speaking, she's still hungry... Apparently a Happy Meal didn't do it. Surprise, surprise.

 

And, this just in, we have Phyllis in the living room with a candlestick. And big special FX plus! Simpsons-style Frankenstein flashlight-under-the-chin scary lighting!

 

And Neil, the eternal Mr Smooth, creating a nasty atmo in the elevator with Hilary. Surprise, surprise. But, who expected Neil to channel The King, with the "Suspicious Minds" references? Damn! I wanted Neil to bust an Elvis move right there--Thunderbird jumpsuit and all--right there in the elevator.

 

But the worst is yet to come: Summer becomes the voice of reason and experience in a dialogue with Noah. Apparently a black-out has cosmic effects.

Edited August 4, 2015 by pearlite

[glowlights]

Never mind, wrong thread!!!

Edited August 4, 2015 by glowlights

[C76]

Marco, Marco, Marco. Is it wrong that I like you better than Jack?  Oh well. I don't care. 

 

I thought it was hot when he tried to scare Phyllis today. I'll miss him once TPTB inevitably get rid of him. 

[crowswork]

I am always fascinated when the women of GC parade around in backless dresses and bare legs in the dead of winter, but in the heat of summer wear long pants and sweaters as Phyllis was today. Even Nikki was wearing a sweater in the GCAC.

It's Prattle's idea of a ZOO tie-in. Only they can't even afford a live cat so it's the Attack of the Air conditioners. Tapping the sci-fi audience who they...after Sharknado... think will watch anything. Gradually it gets colder in the five buildings in GC. DUHDUHDUHHHHH. Nick suggest all the wimin huddle with him in the cozy concrete confines of the storage room and drink liquor to stay warm. Lauren slips out into the bar looking for sex and her tongue freezes to Noah's pole.  

Kevin and Mariah build a blanket fort in the GCPD. Nikki hits the anti-freeze. (Her pet name for vodka). Victor kills a horse and climbs inside then realizes that it's summer and the barn ain't air-conditioned. Speaking of Summer, She's amazed that she can see her breath and follows it out of her apartment window. Ev eryone in town except Harding, blames Sharon and Adam and plan to burn them as witches. Harding takes out his gun and shoots the evil rooftop AC units. Dylan...may his crumpets always crump... appears in golden cloud and blows out the fire. GC is saved. The women return to backless, sleeveless dresses just in time for winter.

 

Harding and Dylan will be coming soon in - RETURN OF THE AC - Mrkittycondagator

Edited August 5, 2015 by crowswork

[C76]

LOL

 

My gosh, UsernameFatigue and crowswork, you two brought a smile to my face. These days where I live it's so hot the devil's housekeeper should be taking notes. But even today I had a hoodie within arms reach when I went to the store. Some folks think people enjoy shopping in an icebox.

[miamama]

I thought it was hot when he tried to scare Phyllis today. I'll miss him once TPTB inevitably get rid of him.

 

Me too. They really need to give Jack some of Marco's cojones when he leaves. 

[miamama]

So Phyllis sat down and had a conversation with Victor. This fucking show. Jack is blackmailed into silence and gets maybe four seconds of raging at Victor. Phyllis has a civilized, polite conversation (though she seethed) in which Victor denies everything. It was all Kelly and Marco, nothing to do with him.

 

And they are treating it like same same old with Jack and Victor. Phyllis says: "I can understand you going after Jack because of your mutual hatred, but me?" OMFG. You can understand Victor having Jack kidnapped and tortured for months and then shooting him. Because that's their silly little feud. This writing is so fucking awful.

 

Victor is getting away with this. We don't even get ONE DAY of everyone going nuclear on him. Not one day. It's all so muddled and convoluted with Jack and Victor and Phyllis now trying to find Marco. FFS.

 

If Jack and Phyllis don't go ballistic on him how can we expect anyone to? Everyone will just say "oh that feud is terrible." And that's it.

 

Why the fuck did Pratt go this far with the brutalizing and torture of Jack and all that humiliation the Abbotts endured? And this fucking Paragon Project. I have a sick feeling Jack will be behind it after all and the Marco debacle will be another chapter in their "war".

 

Some bright spots: Phack were good today. I really like their connection. It's believable. Jack and Marisa were good as well. He pretended to be Marco but she pulled a knife on him so he had to fess up. PB is just so good. He played it perfectly -- Jack trying to be Marco. And Phyllis coached him to have "swagger." Some happy scenes between Jack and Phyllis -- nice to see.

 

Villy had sex. What a surprise.

 

Chelsea and Adam, in Paris (WTF?), continue to blather on about their "relationship."

 

Harding had a good scene with Noah where he tells him Marisa offered a description of El Capitan -- a man who died in a ship explosion (and that Marisa was on that ship). So apparently this "ghost" ship had a manifest. lol. So maybe Jack is in trouble legally. Whatevs.

 

Noah confronts Marisa, who doesn't tell him anything except that she would never hurt him. "If you don't believe that we have nothing," she says. Um. You have known each other for five minutes and had sex and soup." That is the definition of nothing.

 

[ByTor]

Noah confronts Marisa, who doesn't tell him anything except that she would never hurt him. "If you don't believe that we have nothing," she says. Um. You have known each other for five minutes and had sex and soup." That is the definition of nothing.

I wouldn't say that was "nothing"...I mean, they had soup :)

[basiltherat]

The chicken soup, she Is very ashamed to be put in the same sentence as "sex with Noah."

[IOU Payne]

I don't even think it was real chicken soup.  My theory (and maybe I should spoiler-tag it) is that Victor replaced the chicken broth with broth made from boullion powder.  Yup, a soup-elganger.

[miamama]

Only could Preverts riff about soup. ;)

 

Love this board.

[pearlite]

I don't even think it was real chicken soup.  My theory (and maybe I should spoiler-tag it) is that Victor replaced the chicken broth with broth made from boullion powder.  Yup, a soup-elganger.

 

Right you are, except that the Emperor of the Undead controls a world-wide soup cabal. All of what's called "chicken soup" is made from the ground-up bones of his victims [i.e., chickens]. Just add water, heat up, and you're good to go. Yougotthat?

[Capricasix]

NO SOUP FOR YOU!

[MollyB]

But..but, Soup is Good Food!

[NinjaPenguins]

You misheard, pearlite. Victor controls a world-wide poop cabal. That's why we frequently see him shoveling it in all directions. Newman Enterprises: When the shit hits the fan, you want the best. Nick often puts in long hours at the office doing r&d*, and he racks up the overtime after a hearty bean supper.

*runs and deuces. Give this man a stack of Sports Illustrated magazines and watch every compost pile in Wisconsin overfloweth.

[pearlite]

You misheard, pearlite. Victor controls a world-wide poop cabal. That's why we frequently see him shoveling it in all directions. Newman Enterprises: When the shit hits the fan, you want the best. Nick often puts in long hours at the office doing r&d*, and he racks up the overtime after a hearty bean supper.

*runs and deuces. Give this man a stack of Sports Illustrated magazines and watch every compost pile in Wisconsin overfloweth.

 

So correct, NP!

 

I was momentarily confused there. Victor's secret NISC--Newman International Shit Cartel came to mind, but I wasn't sure whether or not to bring it up. I doubt King Shit wants people to be aware of its dubious existence. Why, you may well ask? Well, Marco and Peru are no coincidence, my friends. Peru and other South American countries made vast fortunes [and continue to do so] in exporting seabird guano to Europe as fertilizer. [Look it up--I do not lie.] This started in the 19thC, during one of King Shit's incarnations, when he tried to knock off Charles Darwin who suggested Victor never reproduce. As you have rightly noted, Nick is a fine example of reverse-evolution. Darwin was right.

 

So Marco's involvement with drugs is, so to speak, only the tip of the shit-heap. His real interests, as back-room guy for NISC, lie in shit.

[cmb81]

Villy getting closer is giving Victor great discomfort. I approve.

[crosby777]

 

Phyllis is back to being insufferable. "Victor has to pay for what he did to MEEEEE." "You don't know what I went through for MONTHS" (she says to JACK!)

 I totally must be insufferable too .. after being raped for months I think I would be a tad selfish too. Fuck Jack .. :P

 

. They really need to give Jack some of Marco's cojones when he leaves.

Never gonna happen. Jack is such a wimp,, he is so sickening.. Marco should just kill him off and take over his life for good.

[C76]

Regarding who endured more over Victor's use of Marco, I think that both Jack and Phyllis have been through a lot. I don't think one's necessarily suffered more than the other--just in different ways.

 

Never gonna happen. Jack is such a wimp,, he is so sickening.. Marco should just kill him off and take over his life for good.

 

If I thought TPTB could get away with it, that's the outcome I would prefer.  Jack is a nice guy, but Marco's a lot more fun.

[miamama]

I totally must be insufferable too .. after being raped for months I think I would be a tad selfish too. Fuck Jack .. :P

 

My issue is that we were forced to endure months of watching Jack get pummelled and tortured. It was played very very dark. On the other hand, Phyllis and Marco and their making out was seen as comical -- it was played for laughs.

 

Now Jack is constantly going on about Phyllis's suffering, despite his own. Phyllis does not seem to possess an empathy chip and make even ONE comment about his suffering (except in reference to his "alleged" crimes -- to assure him he's innocent). Why she can't feel her pain AND his is ridiculous. He's capable of it. Why isn't she?

 

If they were going to make the focus Phyllis's suffering, fine. They should have played Kelly and Jack super campy and even funny. Just have her keep him drugged and play "house." But no chains, no vicious slaps, no brainwashing etc.

 

Just very bad writing IMO. It's not a comment on whether or not a person who has been raped is allowed to be upset about it. And I'm not going to enter that kind of a debate/conversation. It's offensive.

If I thought TPTB could get away with it, that's the outcome I would prefer.  Jack is a nice guy, but Marco's a lot more fun.

 

It's true. Marco is a lot more fun. I was thinking though that because PB is playing both characters they are highlighting their differences a lot. So, Jack is being presented as very soft and particularly weak while Marco is played as violent and hardass. I expect once Marco is gone, Jack will be given a lot more backbone. 

Edited August 7, 2015 by miamama

[NinjaPenguins]

I've been far too easy on Jack. While Phyllis was being repeatedly violated by a Peruvian drug lord, what was Jack doing? Let's roll the tape...

Jack enjoyed a beachside cabin with an attentive hostess who saw to his every basic need. He lounged in a hammock and sipped on the most amazingly intoxicating cocktails. Kelly told him stories, had her assistants make sure he was securely swaddled to endure those cool tropical nights, and even held a creative writing workshop. While the island paradise lacked a gym, Kelly made sure Jack could get a workout via batting practice.

Sounds fabulous, right? Well, let me tell you about the adventure tourism cruise Jack enjoyed for free, with the deep sea diving portion paid for by Marco. The magic show was to die for, with famed illusionist El Capitan pulling Jack out of the audience to participate in his disappearing act. In a thrilling twist, the sultry assistant made El Capitan disappear instead, leaving her and Jack to admire a dazzling fireworks display while floating on gentle ocean waves. Luxury hotel accomodations were arranged, with stellar room service that included a personal travel agent who worked hard to get Jack and his new friend back to the states.

Poor Jack my ass!

[pearlite]

And, wow. Or not. Yesterday's CDN hit new depths of drear, folks.

 

Abby and Victoria bond over their combined skills at presentations. Yawn.

Nikki mews something or other to Neil about how she loves Victor but isn't ready to return to El Rancho Mierda. Eyelid droop happening here.

Lily cheerleads something or other to Hilary about how she'll have the specialest wedding ever. [insert upcoming dramatic irony. Just add Neil, a phone, and blend.]

Stitch goes beyond putting people to sleep by actually inducing flatline in another actor. Topped only by the most predictable scene in the known universe***in which Stitch McLoaf tells Ashley that only she understands him.  Drink more wine quickly, and put head in an upright position--reach for paper towel, just in case.

And for sheer odium, tedium, and any other Latin word you want to add, you simply can't beat "Assemble a crib in a living room for a baby that isn't due for months and months." Whoah--when we get the Manly Monkey and Dylan the Christly Carpenter outmanning each other, I'm simply all adew with misty feminine longing. [That or I'm drooling as I snooze.]

And, never to neglect our moments with Victor, I did wake up a bit when he had to concede to Ashley after accusing her of some crap about the PP [can't be bothered to type it]. But, of course that was negated in those touching moments when the old shit got all misty [or he's got conjunctivitis] when Nikki mewed at him but said she still wasn't ready****...oh, I can't go on...

 

Gosh, I hope I didn't leave anything out.

[spinxella]

That scene of Victor berating & threatening Ashley was RIDICULOUS!

 

Ashley: "I'm not the Mastermind behind some plot to destroy you & take over your company!"

Victor: "Jack & You are my Enemies! You conspired against me! I know what you're capable of! You betrayed me before! You accused me of Embezzling funds"

Ashley: "I never felt good about that & tried to rectify it as soon as I could."

Victor: "You were afraid it would blow up in your face. You've chosen me as the Enemy!"

Ashley: "I'm not planning some vindictive assault against you! I don't know anything!"

Victor: "Someone close to me, in my circle, is responsible for this Paragon Project! If I find out who it is, they'll regret the day they were born!"

 

Let's recap: Victor gets to beat up Neil, bark orders at Jack, scream at Billy, and browbeat Ashley, but nobody is allowed to say shit to him for Jack's kidnapping/torture and Phyllis's rapes.

 

And he's still CEO of Newman-Abbott. Gained control of Jabot. Lost NOTHING.

 

Why is this Mofo acting like HE'S the wronged victim??? He sounds SENILE.

[valleycliffe]

i think he's senile too cause if he wasn't, he would say something like : if i didn't know better, i would swear my son adam was behind it..

 

which, btw, i think he is. adam i mean.

[NinjaPenguins]

So that fucking shit golem unleashed torture, kidnapping, and rape upon Jack and Phyllis due to his fucking guess that an Abbott was behind the nefarious Project Pubichairs or whatever the fuck it is? Does Pratt honestly believe this development makes anything better? Victor had Jack held captive, physically abused, and replaced by a rapey drug lord based on...his own shitty assumptions? That only tells me that Victor was looking for any old reason to do something sadistic to Jack and his family simply because he wanted to. Victor looks even more demented and should not be allowed to roam free amongst polite society or even Genoa City.

What's this I hear about Dylan and Nick having a manly competition to prove their macho manhood? Forget assembling a crib; Dylan has an overwhelming advantage thanks to a lifetime of being a wooden, inanimate object. It's time for the Dickolympics, where Nikki's sons will prove once and for all who really puts the scrote in scrotum. Does this slate of events not thrill you:

-Dickathalon: Dylan and Nick bring their elite erection skills to a masturbatory marathon where the gold goes to whoever can restrain the money shot the longest. Bonus points are awarded if the athlete can accurately hit a target with their dick dart. Sponsored by Viagra.

-500 meter freestyle fruit foot peel: While Nick is the heavy favorite, Dylan's special forces training has taught him 17 ways to kill a man with just his pinky toe. Watch as Nick pits his old-school citrus stripping techniques against modern apple assassination strategies. Warning: Leaving a toenail lodged in the fruit will lead to an automatic disqualification.

-Bear trap wrestling: Two men tussle, each with a foot clamped in the jaws of a bear trap. The victor must both pin his opponent and free himself from the trap. This event can be intense, bloody, and vaguely homoerotic.

Other classic contests of testosterone fueled awesomeness include Digging for Gold (go knuckle deep or go home), Suckerpunching (who has the balls to strike a blind, one-armed nun holding a kitten?), and the always popular Synchronized Ass Scratching (Noah joins his dad, while Paul partners with his son).

The traditional Torch Run will be replaced this year by Nick's bold attempt to carry a lit fart from the Underground to Chancellor Park.

[pearlite]

So that fucking shit golem unleashed torture, kidnapping, and rape upon Jack and Phyllis due to his fucking guess that an Abbott was behind the nefarious Project Pubichairs or whatever the fuck it is? Does Pratt honestly believe this development makes anything better? Victor had Jack held captive, physically abused, and replaced by a rapey drug lord based on...his own shitty assumptions? That only tells me that Victor was looking for any old reason to do something sadistic to Jack and his family simply because he wanted to. Victor looks even more demented and should not be allowed to roam free amongst polite society or even Genoa City.

What's this I hear about Dylan and Nick having a manly competition to prove their macho manhood? Forget assembling a crib; Dylan has an overwhelming advantage thanks to a lifetime of being a wooden, inanimate object. It's time for the Dickolympics, where Nikki's sons will prove once and for all who really puts the scrote in scrotum. Does this slate of events not thrill you:

-Dickathalon: Dylan and Nick bring their elite erection skills to a masturbatory marathon where the gold goes to whoever can restrain the money shot the longest. Bonus points are awarded if the athlete can accurately hit a target with their dick dart. Sponsored by Viagra.

-500 meter freestyle fruit foot peel: While Nick is the heavy favorite, Dylan's special forces training has taught him 17 ways to kill a man with just his pinky toe. Watch as Nick pits his old-school citrus stripping techniques against modern apple assassination strategies. Warning: Leaving a toenail lodged in the fruit will lead to an automatic disqualification.

-Bear trap wrestling: Two men tussle, each with a foot clamped in the jaws of a bear trap. The victor must both pin his opponent and free himself from the trap. This event can be intense, bloody, and vaguely homoerotic.

Other classic contests of testosterone fueled awesomeness include Digging for Gold (go knuckle deep or go home), Suckerpunching (who has the balls to strike a blind, one-armed nun holding a kitten?), and the always popular Synchronized Ass Scratching (Noah joins his dad, while Paul partners with his son).

The traditional Torch Run will be replaced this year by Nick's bold attempt to carry a lit fart from the Underground to Chancellor Park.

 

NP. Gudegast couldn't even stay focused enough on what he was doing during the Ashley scene to even vaguely sell it. He looked, for all intents and purposes, to coin a phrase, like he was trying to follow the dialogue there. Not a good thing when you're getting paid for it.

 

I bow to your satirical skills yet again where the dynamic duo are concerned--ooh, the subtext of two manly men involved in putting up a crib. Hold me back, estrogen, hold me back. You have again explored and exploded the subtext into its reality. You're closing in on Rabelais here.

Edited August 9, 2015 by pearlite

[bannana]

I am back, but not caught up. I watched some scenes whenever I could and watched half of Friday's episode.  I think I may take a break from the show altogether because I cannot handle this Pricktor bullshit.  So now Phyllis knows, and yes she is pissed, but still she doesn't take a paperweight and smash his skull in?  This is not the Phyllis we know.  I cannot stand how they are letting Pricktor continue to lie and say in one breath he didn't do it, and in the next breath, he did it to protect his family.  He is the Donald Trump of Genoa City, he can say any shit he wants to and get away with it.  I loathe Donald Trump and I loathe Pricktor.

 

And it i looks like Drinki is back with him again.  Argh.  I think they have finally driven me away, again, from Y and R.  I will read the board, but I won't be watching regularly enough to do the recaps, sorry about that.  If things change, I may be back, but right now I have pretty much lost interest in even how this storyline wraps up, and the Dick/Herb and Sharon/Dullan stuff is too boring for words.  Cannot stand any of the Winters, I actually loved Lily for a while there when she was being super bitch to Devon et al.  I cannot stand Chelsea, and nuAdam is starting to bore/annoy me too.  Hate Abby, Ben.  Cannot believe Pricktoria and Billy, blech.  I am so long ago over Michael, Lauren and Kevin.  The only good thing about Kevin is Mariah and she is wasted.  And I do think they will make Harding the killer.  Which is also too bad. 

[peacheslatour]

I have to agree with all of this^^^^^^^^^^^. I usually have the show on in the backround while I do other things, checking it out when something interesting was happening, I can't remember the last time I even checked.

[crowswork]

I have to agree with all of this^^^^^^^^^^^. I usually have the show on in the backround while I do other things, checking it out when something interesting was happening, I can't remember the last time I even checked.

 

Have you tried taping it on an old VCR and then taking the tape, put the tape in your blender and when it's smooth rub it all over you and try to absorb it through your skin?

[crosby777]

 

Just very bad writing IMO. It's not a comment on whether or not a person who has been raped is allowed to be upset about it.

It is horrid writing I just disagree and I am totally fine with Phyllis being upset at being raped for months. I don't find it selfish at all for her to be pissed.

 Sharon being all gaga over Nick again is so predictable and boring. I knew the second he was nice to her even a little bit she would be jumping on that as soon as she could. She never disappoints. She is ALWAYS fucking pathetic. I almost feel sorry for Dullan. ALMOST but he deserves that idiotic wack job.

[peacheslatour]

Have you tried taping it on an old VCR and then taking the tape, put the tape in your blender and when it's smooth rub it all over you and try to absorb it through your skin?

O.k., that's hilarious!

[Toomuchsoap]

Sharon being all gaga over Nick again is so predictable and boring. I knew the second he was nice to her even a little bit she would be jumping on that as soon as she could.

 

 

Yup, this scene and the one at CL that preceded it in the episode before (where Faith and Sharon were gossiping about the paternity test and whether it had derailed Nick's and Sage's relationship) made it very clear to me that Sharon's not done with Dickolas. I'm pretty confident that there's really going to be miscarriage and a baby switch coming soon, since we just can't seem to get enough of those.

[MollyB]

 

banana quote

I loathe Donald Trump and I loathe Pricktor.

Just a thought, has The Donald chosen a running mate?  Chutzpah and senility are just what this country is crying out for.

 

I agree with the posters above re their lack of interest -this is why I quit  the show (yes, Pratthole, still not watching...).  I do enjoy the postings here, so much I want the show to continue (I just don't want to suffer thru watching it) but it looks as if this bit of brightness, wit and laughter to my day is going the way of the dodo (oddly enough, because of a bunch of modern dodoes) because it seems no one wants to watch it.  It will soon be just be a flickering lightscreen in an empty room.* 

 

*Yes, Pratt, this is a preemptive [Google it, asshole] eulogy.

[NinjaPenguins]

I've asked myself the following questions:

Do I want to watch Sharon thrown under the bus for JFP's beloved Plankenstein monster and the repellent Sage?

Do I want to risk my eyeballs by rolling them so hard they just start whipping around like the reels on a slot machine when I hear the ludicrous motive for Detective Harding's murder spree? You know it will be stupid.

Do I want to watch Ashley exchange her dignity for a free poppin' fresh pap smear courtesy of Ben Rayburn, Doctor of Love, M.D., S.T.D.?

Do I want to watch Victoria emasculate a circus peanut?

Do I want to watch Victor triumph over everything, from the long arm of the law to his embalming fluid addiction?

Do I need to see Nikki in a triangle with a dung-powered reanimated corpse and a slang-slinging knob who facilitated his son's rape?

Do I get turned on by a garden gnome and a cabbage patch doll exploring their taboo love?

Do I want to watch Jack have to shrug off torture and kidnapping and a bullet wound because the law of the land is Victor Always Wins?

Do I give a damn if Adam natters on about TWUUU WUUVVV while Chelsea gasps and flounders and designs shitty clothes?

I'm shaking my magic eight ball, and...signs point to NO.

[RedRockRosie]

I've asked myself the following questions:

Do I want to watch Sharon thrown under the bus for JFP's beloved Plankenstein monster and the repellent Sage?

Do I want to risk my eyeballs by rolling them so hard they just start whipping around like the reels on a slot machine when I hear the ludicrous motive for Detective Harding's murder spree? You know it will be stupid.

Do I want to watch Ashley exchange her dignity for a free poppin' fresh pap smear courtesy of Ben Rayburn, Doctor of Love, M.D., S.T.D.?

Do I want to watch Victoria emasculate a circus peanut?

Do I want to watch Victor triumph over everything, from the long arm of the law to his embalming fluid addiction?

Do I need to see Nikki in a triangle with a dung-powered reanimated corpse and a slang-slinging knob who facilitated his son's rape?

Do I get turned on by a garden gnome and a cabbage patch doll exploring their taboo love?

Do I want to watch Jack have to shrug off torture and kidnapping and a bullet wound because the law of the land is Victor Always Wins?

Do I give a damn if Adam natters on about TWUUU WUUVVV while Chelsea gasps and flounders and designs shitty clothes?

I'm shaking my magic eight ball, and...signs point to NO.

Funny...I was just asking myself those same questions...well, maybe not in those exact words. (You are a poet, Ninja!!)

 

Oh.This.Show.

[movinon]

Funny...I was just asking myself those same questions...well, maybe not in those exact words. (You are a poet, Ninja!!)  Oh.This.Show.

So true - I keep sneaking a peek now and then, when my FF finger gets numb, and the show just keeps getting worse - how is this possible?  My hate for all things Victor just keeps growing, and I think I may just finally give up if he skates again.  We deserve to see this bastard pay for just a few of the things he's done, and Chucky can stick EB's entire body up his ass, face first.  This board is the only thing that ties me to the show, because the show itself, is SHIT.  Where the hell is Gloria?

[C76]

So, in today's final moments, Harding comes upon Marco in the Abbott Cabin.

 

But will he know him...?

 

I'll be really sorry if Harding has been working for Marco. What a waste of a perfectly good man...Um...I mean "character". ;)

[miamama]

Marco sure knew Harding. "Are you going to shoot me, Detective?"

 

Sadly I believe they are in cahoots. But I'm wondering if Harding is working for the FBI. We'll know tomorrow when the killer is revealed. If it's Marco who killed Austin/BarbieCop, then Harding may be FBI. Otherwise, bye bye hot big cop. :(

 

The Paragon thing is weird. Jack is clearly not behind it. whew. I'm afraid it will be Marco who masterminded it or rather put out clues that Jack was planning something (I'm guessing Paragon Project is not actually a thing). When Jack was talking to Ashley he figured out that whoever is behind PP wanted Victor to go after Jack so the two of them would destroy each other and this mystery person could swoop in and take both companies. Then Jack looked at the newspaper sketch of "Marco" (but actually el capitan) and said "yes, that has to be it."  sigh. I think I've figured it out. Marco and Harding were working together from the beginning. Harding was the one who knew both Jack and Marco and that they are doppelgängers. He probably somehow led Victor to Marco. We have never learned HOW Victor found Marco. sigh.

 

This is how Victor skates. He was played by evil Marco and his sidekick Harding. Total bullshit because he's still a beast. But that'll be the excuse.

 

It's also absurd. Marco, the Peruvian drug lord will come to Genoa City Wisconsin and take over a cosmetics company and whatever Newman Enterprises is?

[Petunia13]

Which doesn't even make sense since if Marco was plotting and obsessed with taking over Wisconsin based cosmetic corporations and GC tycoons lives why wouldn't his serious gf know who Jack Abbott was?

But know who Chelsea was?

Annnnnd even if this is the case all of what Miamama speculated above....how does that still justify Turds actions?!? How is that reconciled "this guys is trying to take over my money and fortune. Oh well time to have him kidnapped by a psychopath deranged horse with rapist tendencies and put a crazy killer rapist drug liars in his wife's bed AND my own daughters home."

(The logic center of my brain thinking of these plots make my eyes rain)

[bannana]

Which doesn't even make sense since if Marco was plotting and obsessed with taking over Wisconsin based cosmetic corporations and GC tycoons lives why wouldn't his serious gf know who Jack Abbott was?

But know who Chelsea was?

Annnnnd even if this is the case all of what Miamama speculated above....how does that still justify Turds actions?!? How is that reconciled "this guys is trying to take over my money and fortune. Oh well time to have him kidnapped by a psychopath deranged horse with rapist tendencies and put a crazy killer rapist drug liars in his wife's bed AND my own daughters home."

(The logic center of my brain thinking of these plots make my eyes rain)

Yes, I can see why Donald Trump, er Pricktor, would not bother doing a sane and normal thing, like talk to the man he thinks is after his company.  He would just leap right to kidnapping, torture and rape.

 

What's missing from whatever their exit story for Pricktor is, is his heh heh heh gloating and laughing whilst being told about the torture and near death experiences Jack was suffering.  That is one scene I will never forget.  Whatever whitewash they come up with, we the viewers know what happened.  Pricktor is not a villain we love to hate.  We just hate him.

[C76]

Somewhere in this section of the site, a user hit the nail on the head. I don't know who it was that said Pratt was a wannabe primetime drama writer, but I tip my hat to you, ma'am/sir. I should've known, what with the How NOT to Get Away with Murder Scooby Squad. And now, I think The Truth About Harding has sealed the deal.

 

I'm gonna miss Detective Harding. I don't see how they could possibly redeem him. He didn't commit soap murder, but cold-blooded murder. 

 

*Googles pics of Chris McKenna*

 

Lest we forget. 

Edited August 11, 2015 by C76

[miamama]

So, yeah, Harding killed the dead weight.

 

Harding brought Marco some food -- frozen dinners, chips and beer from what I could tell -- to the Abbott cabin. Apparently they met one night (about the time of the Kelly-Phyllis poisoning fiasco) when Harding pulled Marco over for speeding, even though Harding is a detective. Marco tried to sort of hide his face but Harding recognized Jack and wondered how he got way out here when he just saw him at the police station. Well, Harding you got out there so why not Jack? Anyways, Marco asked Harding how much (little) he makes as a cop and does he really want to wait 25 years to earn his wee pension? Marco can make him rich. His job for this payment apparently was simply to erase files from Austin's computer (Austin had filmed 2 Jacks). While the kids were drugged, Harding was erasing the files on the laptop. But Austin woke up and saw him. So Harding panicked and knocked him out with the bookend. Austin died. This didn't seem to be the plan because Harding looked pained. Then later Courtney at the police station (in her wedding dress) saw surveillance video of Jack knocking out Abby in the park. She called Harding to look at it. So he told her they should go alone to arrest Jack (apparently you don't need a judge to issue a warrant in GC). They went to the cabin where Courtney pulled a gun on Marco. Harding killed her with a fireplace poker. 

 

The actual killings weren't shown until close to the end of the episode and all of the above was revealed throughout the show (in flashbacks) but I thought it easier to post like this.

 

In other action, Jack met with Billy. Funny moment when Phyllis came  home (apparently just after her meeting with Marisa) and told Jack how wonderful he is and started kissing him. Billy: "Should I leave? Please ask me to leave." Burgess is quite good at this kind of dialogue I have to say. Made me laugh.

 

Anyways they asked about Paragon Project. He knows nothing but is all for bringing Victor down. No, no, Jack says. We have to fight against a common threat to Newman-Abbott (common threat seems to Billy to be PP but we viewers know it's MARCO). Phack warns Billy about Vicki (he tells them they're getting close again). Billy won't hear anything bad about his ex-wife who has spied on Jack before. 

 

I do not understand why they can't tell Billy about Marco. Jack insists to Phyllis (after Billy leaves) it's because Billy will go to the police and then Jack is screwed. So the idiocy continues.

 

Over at Newman, Victor tells Vicki the Abbotts are after them. It's not Jack or Ashley. Wouldn't be Traci. So....Vicki defends Billy and refuses to spy on him. Victor sounds like a deranged old man these days.

 

Jack wants to confront Victor, and Phyllis goes with him. They meet in the park AGAIN. I kid you not. The both show they aren't armed. "What is this? High Noon?" quips Phyllis.

 

Victor admits he basically launched EVERYTHING on a wrong assumption. But he cannot bring himself to apologize to Phack. AssHOLE.  Jack is pissed that this threat to Victor has now encompassed his family and company. But they all agree they must all work to protect their families from Marco -- and sing Kumbaya. (They could have it's so STUPID.)

 

Kevin and Mariah at Crimson Lights telling Paul about Harding's camping trip and the weird timing. Paul agrees to look into it. He calls Harding and admits to Kevin/Mariah that Harding sounded weird. After Paul leaves, Kevin goes on his laptop and checks Harding's credit card bill (how????) and sees 17 frozen dinners purchased.

 

Vicki and Billy meet at Newman, flirt and Billy leaves a file for Jack. He comes in later and accuses of Vicki of spying (file is in her hand). She says she had spilled coffee on it and is indignant (bullshit because she constantly spies for her asshole father). Billy berates himself as Vicki storms out. Villy is BACK ON. 

 

Harding is annoyed Marco went to the Abbott house and saw Phyllis. "You're supposed to stay hidden." Marco said he needed to get some things and ran into Phyllis, which he enjoyed, despite the head wound. Harding wants to know how Marco plans to leave town. Marco is going nowhere. He is taking back Jack's life and his wife. Harding says the cops are AFTER YOU. Marco is not concerned it seems. He tells Harding he (Harding) has blood on his hands and he has to help him. Harding regrets ever taking his money and wants out. But Marco says "I own you. You're going to make my dreams for Jack and Phyllis come true."

 

Previews:

Jack on phone asking Adam "How long have you been planning Paragon Project" (no apparent reaction on Adam's face)

Colin telling Darvon he had better admit to hooker sex or Colin will tell (they are at the wedding it appears)

Marco telling Harding "You will handle our problem or you're the one who is going to be erased."

Edited August 12, 2015 by miamama

[bannana]

Great recap miamama.  I have a question.  Fen drugged the Scoobies apparently to get some grade fixed.  So are we expected to believe that Harding somehow got someone to get Fen to drug the Scoobies?  Wouldn't it have been easier to just steal Austin computer at some other time?  Argh.

[NinjaPenguins]

I suspect Jack and Phyllis didn't tell Billy about Marco because Billy would break all Genoa City traffic laws speeding over to Victoria's to blab.

Pratt has really reached the pinnacle of creative excellence with the resolution to the cabin murders. It takes a bold visionary to script what most fans could see coming from a mile away, and it was so gritty, so authentic to see a drug lord buy a detective during a traffic stop. *golf clap*

[miamama]

Great recap miamama.  I have a question.  Fen drugged the Scoobies apparently to get some grade fixed.  So are we expected to believe that Harding somehow got someone to get Fen to drug the Scoobies?  Wouldn't it have been easier to just steal Austin computer at some other time?  Argh.

Right? Maybe Austin carried his laptop around like a purse and Harding wasn't going to get it away from him easily? I'm reaching. Don't know why. It's stupid and a way to bring the useless Scoobies into a story.

 

I did enjoy Marco and Harding. Peter is just so hot as badass Marco, drinking his beer from a bottle and talking tough to big cop Harding. #swoon.

I suspect Jack and Phyllis didn't tell Billy about Marco because Billy would break all Genoa City traffic laws speeding over to Victoria's to blab.

 

How I would have LOVED if Jack had said just that.

[Petunia13]

Great recap miamama. I have a question. Fen drugged the Scoobies apparently to get some grade fixed. So are we expected to believe that Harding somehow got someone to get Fen to drug the Scoobies? Wouldn't it have been easier to just steal Austin computer at some other time? Argh.

Yea. I mean rather than find Fen and blackmail him hoping he has a tenuous relationship to Austin and would invite him to a drug party then break in to the drug party and erase the files there......

wouldn't he just dress disguised and mug Austin for his laptop....or wait until Austin and Dummer were having public sex in her daddy's scuzzy bar like they always do and take the laptop then? Also Austin didn't upload this shit to a cloud or find some other way to back it up?

This show is so damn stupid.

[miamama]

It would have made FAR more sense for Marco to go directly to Austin and pay him to shut up and destroy the files or kill him. Austin was an ass, hated all the rich folk and would have been way more open to bribery than a cop.

 

OR

 

Marco could have accessed some information about Harding -- that he had serious financial trouble (normal people trouble, like debt from a bad divorce or some bad real estate decisions) and that he was vulnerable to payoff. Then he could have approached him. But a drug lord masquerading as a local rich guy just guessing this cop would go dirty. Really lame.

[Petunia13]

Exactly.