Week Eight
- Todd waits for news of Tea in the hospital, Blair comes to visit, Todd again makes the baby being dead or alive all about him, until Blair informs him of the kidnapping on top of the kidnapping on top of the baby-switch. They then lay some civil, nay, friendly groundwork between Todd and Blair
- Next it’s John and Marty’s turn. And with the actual smiling and inappropriate making-out there was a bit more more-than-friends chemistry there than I’ve seen previously, but still not enough for me. I still think that Blair and John, and Todd and Tea, and Blair and Tea, and, as wrong as I know it is, Todd and Marty, work better chemistry-wise that Todd and Blair, and John and Marty
- Schuyler comes to visit Gigi and I hit the verge of being able to watch some part of this story. Especially when Gigi is calling Stacey a complete whack-job (literally). Gigi and Schuyler are very easy to watch, I think it’s the combination of Scott Clifton, the characters suddenly ceasing their recent stupidity, and Gigi having hope and sarcasm instead of desperation, which plays much more to Farah Fath’s strengths. Unfortunately for Rex, the Stacey-Rex-Kyle-Pimp Dude part of the story remains unwatchable. But if Rex is going to be that dumb, he deserves everything he gets
- I reflect on the fact that it’s actually quite un-soapy that Natalie and Jared anticipated all the trouble (partly of their own making, of course) and got married the night before the wedding was scheduled. In normal soap world this would have been another obstacle to that
- Bess proves less than adept at delivering clunky exposition, Mirror Tess starts to appear and is now, apparently, the rational one, while Brody gets a earful of the possibilities of Jessica’s DID
- They remember that Brody and Charlie were in AA together for half a second
- It comes time for baby-switch obfuscating and revealing. The obfuscation task falls to Blair for Starr, Marty for Cole, and John for Marcie and Michael. Of course that part is easy for Silent John; he just doesn’t say anything at all for several scenes while Marcie and Michael cluelessly theorise. Eventually they break the news and the Manning, Thornhart and McBain clans sit down to wait together. The nice thing with all of this is that the adults, despite all their own turmoil, are acting like adults. Blair, Todd and Marty are a united front for the kids, and Todd may roll his eyes at Marcie, but he keeps his mouth shut
- Bess goes to see Nash’s parents, who apparently didn’t know that Nash is dead. Fortunately Nash’s father happens to turn on the TV at exactly the moment Viki is making her plea for information about the missing pair, unfortunately both Brennan’s turn out to be supremely gullible. Meanwhile Brody heads out looking for Jessica and thanks to some locational faux-backs has no trouble figuring out where Bess has gone
- Cristian moves in with Layla. I don’t expect to see them again for another few weeks.
- Todd: “Why is it when John goes all vigilante he’s a hero and when I do it I’m a jerk?” Ha!
Rating for the Week: 4.5 out of 5.
Week Nine
June! I’m up to June!
- Brody does not for a second buy Bess as Jess, which is about how long we believed Tess as Jess last year. Of course it’s somewhat predictable that Nash’s parents have a shotgun, a vase and understandable misunderstanding in their arsenal of interference. That brings Jessica out and confuses the hell out of the Brennans
- Cole goes to talk to Rachel about his conflicting emotions about Hope’s return, and everyone else starts contemplating the realities of Hope being alive for her multiple parents. Dorian, of course, blames Viki for the baby-switch
- Viki, Clint, Clint’s hat, Bo, Charlie, Jared, Natalie and the rain all arrive at Brennan central to confront Bessica. And take-over the Brennan’s house. There is then an odd juxtaposition of Bo waiting for the SWAT team while the rest of the family hangs casually around the living room that said SWAT team would likely want to storm
- The ABC promo department undermines itself and annoys me by telling us in a strap on Tuesday’s episode that Starr and Hope will be reunited the following Monday. And then again on Thursday’s episode…
- Viki plays Jean Randolph in an attempt to break through Bess, Clint continues to feel impotent, Natalie blames herself, and through this they bond. Jessica finally remembers what happened and works through it with Viki, and I think Bree Williamson did a much, much better job than she did with Nash’s death last year. Erika Slezak’s dynamite performance goes without saying
- Gigi’s hair is looking good
- Lord, Brody has lovely blue eyes
- Mo and Noelle appear. Had almost forgotten they existed. Their job here is apparently to serve up food and insensitivity. Shaun asks Rachel out, Destiny offers to help Matthew with his math
- Officer “Moraso Fiasco” Fish moves in with Layla and Cristian, creating a whole new spin on the three’s company idea, and an ad and how-to for digital conversion
- Todd shows up to make amends with Marcie and Michael in his unique Todd way, John and Marty bond some more, the Buchanans say goodbye to Chloe, Starr verges on deciding to keep the baby, and I may tear up a little when Jessica and Viki give the baby to Blair and Todd. Jessica cries in Brody’s arms and I come close to forgiving Bree Williamson for last year’s over-the-top hysterics
Rating for the Week: 4.25 out of 5. It only doesn't rank as highly as the previous week because of all the exposition partly necessary and partly unnecessary in having Jessica remember the baby-switch.
I am enjoying your blog!
I am laughing because I thought I was the only one who felt Todd/Tea, John/Blair, Blair/Tea had more chem and were all infinitely more interesting than Todd and Blair and John and Marty. LOL.
Posted by: Snugglebug | 05 July 2009 at 03:01 AM