tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-1275800 2012-01-25T20:21:04-05:00 We mock soaps out of love. And hate. But mostly love. TypePad tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451b72b69e2016761157dc1970b 2012-01-25T20:21:04-05:00 2012-01-25T20:52:38-05:00

Y'all, this show seriously is getting more bipolar than Sonny Corinthos. Today's B&B was half embarrassing, treacly nonsense and half classic soapy feast! A good lesson can be learned here. While the show is notorious for lightning-fast romances (and marriages!) and break-ups and more inter-familial partner swapping than the Westboro Baptist Church, that's not where speed is refreshing. Speed is refreshing when there's a major secret that someone learns and within three episodes, that someone has exposed that secret to all the relevant parties. After one short hilarious episode of being locked in the tower (of the very house of the two people Bill was trying to keep her from talking to), Katie came right out and exposed Bill's ruse in which he bribed doctors to pretend that Steffy was dying in order to keep Liam from leaving her and being with Hope. Bill did a lot of stonewalling when Liam and Steffy were begging him to confirm or deny, and he absurdly even tried to deny it at first, saying he'd locked his wife in the tower so she wouldn't... what, invent a silly story that could easily be disproved? Anyway, obviously he eventually had to admit it and...

Louise tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451b72b69e20163001d72dc970d 2012-01-25T15:39:03-05:00 2012-01-25T15:39:03-05:00

Next poll! This time, we're voting on our favorite One Life to Live baddies. Not all of them have to be full-on black-hat, mustache-twirling villains... but at least in the neighborhood. And by "favorite," it can mean anything from a villain you loved to hate, a villain you loved to hate as long as he/she was in small doses, a villain you knew was bad but you couldn't help but root for despite yourself, or a villain you despised and who got under your skin so much that you knew the actor was just killing it. And again, the choices I've offered are just off the top of my head and are in no way meant to be comprehensive, so use the comments section for your write-ins and, of course, to talk about why your villain was the baddest of the bad-ass baddies. Once you've submitted your vote, the system won't allow you to vote again, so remember to pick all your favorites the first time! poll by twiigs.com

Louise tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451b72b69e2016761073c76970b 2012-01-24T22:28:32-05:00 2012-01-24T22:28:32-05:00

You can say many things about General Hospital; I have said many things, most of them terrible and many of them potentially slanderous. But one thing you cannot say is that this show is not thought-provoking. Because it is. It makes me think. Granted, it makes me think of the depths of human misery and have particularly depressing internal debates like "Which is funnier: a psychopath faking the death of a child or a psychopath pimping his child out to a mobster and spending the ensuing decades emotionally abusing both of them?*", but I'm thinking! *Obviously, normal human beings find neither of these horrible things anything less than viscerally upsetting, but General Hospital spun Lucky's presumed death at Helena's hands as a wacky shenanigan and chose to juxtapose the revelation of Claudia's abuse with "comical" scenes of her father and Tracy's wedding (the wedding that came about through threats and blackmail--again with the hilarity!). Are people even writing this show anymore or are plots harvested from a collection of especially perverse Mad-Libs? "Let's see, [OFFENSIVE WORD FOR WOMAN] gets [ACT OF VIOLENCE] with a [WEAPON] and is then [ANOTHER VIOLENT CRIME] on videotape". Yes, Johnny spent most of yesterday getting...

Mallory tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451b72b69e20163001054a9970d 2012-01-24T18:37:43-05:00 2012-01-25T18:28:26-05:00

Next poll! This one is kind of ridiculous because there are literally thousands of possibilities, so I just came up with about forty off the top of my head... so no one's allowed to yell at me in the comments for forgetting someone obvious! Comments are for your own write-in picks or talking about how very super-awesome all your favorite characters were. And vote for as many as you want (as I would have to, since there's no way I could narrow it down to one!). poll by twiigs.com

Louise tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451b72b69e2016760fecbaf970b 2012-01-24T09:59:59-05:00 2012-01-24T10:00:36-05:00

I have to confess that I've had a hard time getting my heart into writing about other shows after the loss of One Life to Live, but alas, life goes on. The Bold & the Beautiful hasn't exactly been making it easier, what with more of the tedious Steffy/Liam/Hope "triangle" that somehow involves everyone in town, random instant declarations of love from Nick to Donna (?), and... I'm not even sure what to think about the bizarre cross-promotion with Let's Make a Deal. But! But! Then there's Katie. Heather Tom has just been tearing it up the past few episodes. Katie knew something sounded just a little too perfect when she heard that Steffy magically turned up with a life-threatening condition right around the very second Liam told Bill of his intentions to leave Steffy and go back to Hope. She did some good digging and discovered that, indeed, Bill had faked the MRI results and paid off a bunch of people so that Liam wouldn't leave Steffy. Because really, when you're a swell guy who wants nothing but the best for your son, the best course of action is generally to make a young woman and her loved ones...

Louise tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451b72b69e20162fff84264970d 2012-01-22T15:25:56-05:00 2012-01-22T15:25:56-05:00

If I were to meet Frank Valentini or Ron Carlivati, I'd rattle off a General Hospital wish list with such speed and specificity that it would, frankly, terrify all involved and they'd back away nervously and then make fun of me later for operating under the assumption that I'm in the position to give them any sort of advice on writing and producing a soap opera since they have done both of those things and I...have built a part-time career mocking people who do those things, almost exclusively in run-on sentences. So I will stick to offering them sage wisdom here, and I have two pieces after slogging through the interminably boring last few days of General Hospital. PIECE OF ADVICE #1: Do whatever is necessary to bring Ingo Rademacher back permanently. Because REALLY. Jax and Michael's emotional conversation was the undisputed highlight of this week, because JAX! And also because Chad Duell and Ingo Rademacher did such a lovely job with their really emotional scenes and because not once--not even for a second!--did I start to fondly reminisce about the time Michael was in a coma, near-death. How Jax was disappointed with Michael for even having a gun and...

Mallory tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451b72b69e2016760e5b2de970b 2012-01-21T15:34:38-05:00 2012-01-21T15:34:39-05:00

All right, forget my whole attempt at dignity and letting go gracefully. This is not a strength of mine (really, ask any of my friends). So now I'll periodically let us have some fun and games. Let's start with a simple poll! This one is about your favorite episode ever of One Life to Live. This does not count "very special" episodes (e.g., Trading Places, Fraternity Row, Live Week, etc.)... another day for that! Vote for as many as you want (I know I couldn't pick just one) and add new ones in the comments! And also take to the comments to talk about why! What was your all-time favorite episode of One Life to Live? Tina and the Iguazu Falls The Vicker Man premiere Other (tell us in the comments!) We meet Viki's OTHER alters (besides Niki) Billy Douglas comes out Dorian "confesses" to killing Mitch Karen on the witness stand The KAD trial's conclusion Asa's wives at his fake funeral Bo and Nora's first wedding "Todd's" execution The series finale Dorian and Viki trapped... well, there were a lot of those! Jake returns and Megan dies in his arms Sarah interrupts Bo and Cassie's wedding Tina interrupts Cord...

Louise tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451b72b69e20167607c1da7970b 2012-01-19T00:26:54-05:00 2012-01-19T00:31:37-05:00

(Originally posted on January 13, 2012 after the One Life to LIve finale. Just updating a bit so anyone new has a chance to share their stories!) Why did you start watching OLTL? We want your stories.

Serial Drama tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451b72b69e20162ffca1755970d 2012-01-18T22:22:41-05:00 2012-01-18T22:25:54-05:00

It was hard to make myself sit down and write about the final episode of One Life to Live -- not just for the obvious reasons (e.g., not being able to stop rocking and weeping), but so much has been written and said in the days since that it feels like it would be impossible to bring anything new to the discussion. Luckily I've been away for a few days and completely oblivious to most anything that was said and have really only experienced listening to a podcast of an interview with Ron Carlivati (which I'd highly recommend if you haven't heard it already), so while I may be repeating what has been said a million times, hey, at least I won't know it. Yet. And so now, this is ostensibly my final post ever about One Life to Live. I'm hoping to occasionally chime in with other things the actors or writers are working on, possibly cover a classic episode every once in a while, and I will cross my fingers that when it's Emmy time they'll at least get, I don't know, one single solitary nomination for something that I can discuss here. And I will still be...

Louise tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451b72b69e20168e5a7803b970c 2012-01-16T22:03:06-05:00 2012-01-16T22:30:23-05:00

Reasons I am compiling lists about General Hospital rathern than doing the professional thing and writing about General Hospital using things like "sentences" and "paragraphs": For the, what, 50th time (I'm grossly underestimating things, I know), Sonny Corinthos was shot and the show wasted an absurd amount of time making it seem as though Sonny's life was actually in danger. Things more likely than the show doing us all a solid and writing Sonny off of the show: 1. Spinelli speaking an entire sentence in actual English, without referring to someone with a cumbersome nickname. 2. Alexis getting a storyline of her own. 3. The Chew and The Revolution being ratings successes and cultural phenomenons. 4. Making it through one day without reading a particularly embarrassing Lindsay Lohan headline (crashing a Golden Globes party? Girl...) 5. My suddenly not finding all of Aaron Rodgers's State Farm commercials not adorable--I can't explain it, he charms me. Don't tell all of the Giants fans I am surrounded by! Things I hate about Ethan (besides his retconned existence, because that is obvious): 1. The way he responds to any of his scene partners asking a question with a bizarre braying laugh. "I need...

Mallory tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451b72b69e20168e56bfd61970c 2012-01-12T20:02:39-05:00 2012-01-12T20:39:00-05:00

(Edited to add -- at the beginning because I don't want to add anything to what I've shared below at this point -- because a lot of you have asked: Firstly, thank you for asking! Yes, I will continue to write for Serial Drama after OLTL goes dark on the air. I may well write some thoughts on classic episodes and on future endeavors of all our favorites, and I will also continue to cover B&B here on the blog. Additionally, I will soon begin to add to Mallory's awesome coverage of GH, not only because some of our Llanview-ites are making the trip to Port Charles, but also because I've been watching GH religiously for over three decades and have thoughts on it that go beyond our Soap Opera Digest column. Let's all hope it sticks around and that some random magic will bring OLTL back, too, in some form or another! I'm going nowhere, and thanks so much for your support! More information on this to come, I promise. Now, onto the Sads. --L.) This is just about it, folks. I want to first say that I can't make any promises about when I'll get the post up...

Louise tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451b72b69e20162ff6b8340970d 2012-01-12T08:52:00-05:00 2012-01-11T22:37:27-05:00

TECHNICALLY, I requested that all of this happen--in an upcoming Soap Opera Digest column, I bemoaned the sad state of love in Port Charles. "Romantically bankrupt", I called it, on account of the seeming allergy this show has to things like "love" and "splashy weddings" and "couples with genuine romantic chemistry". And now General Hospital has given me a week in which SO many conversations have been about love and marriage and sex, and there has been banter and flirtations and all of it... ...all of it is immensely upsetting, actually. Either I am impossible to please or the General Hospital powers-that-be are incapable of following anything but the most specific of instructions and even then, they'd find a way to ass it up. Think I'm exaggerating? You thought wrong! Disturbing: Anthony is still forcing Tracy to marry him! But this is "wacky", not "menacing and probably illegal" What started off as a sexual harassment story disguised as comic relief has turned into an opus of threats and blackmail, as Anthony is blackmailing Tracy into marrying him and blackmailing Maxie into planning the wedding, because it wouldn't be a wedding in Port Charles if it weren't laced with danger and...

Mallory tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451b72b69e20168e55ff6ae970c 2012-01-11T19:49:22-05:00 2012-01-11T19:53:37-05:00

No real shocks today on the episode, and let's face it, we've all been reeling from a certain news item today so it's hard to concentrate. And sometimes I feel like I'm just sapped emotionally. It's been so intense for so long now, I'm just exhausted. So I'll be brief(ish). Gigi had applied on Shane's behalf to an art institute in London (named after Phil Jimenez -- very cool!), and he was accepted. Looks like the Gigi, Rex, and Shane departure story is going to be a move to London so Shane can delve into creating comic books! Sweet as can be, and a good exit story for three people who were not slated to continue online. But poor Roxy! Of course she'll be happy for her grandson, but she'll be so lonely! In other "cleaning up shop for those not continuing online" news, Shaun (Sean Ringgold was going online) broke up with Vivian (Kearran Giovanni was not) because she won't marry him, and Starr and James called it quits because she'll never be in love with him the way she was in love with Cole. (In that case, neither Alderson nor Rodriguez were going online, but I'd wager that...

Louise tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451b72b69e201676050f08b970b 2012-01-10T19:34:06-05:00 2012-01-10T19:34:06-05:00

I'll get right to it because this one was pretty simple. The cold open was perfect. Opening on a headline about Cole's death, we immediately assumed Ford had lived. Then they pulled a little switcheroo. Well-executed and, quite frankly, a relief. Not a relief because of the obvious (completing the Death By Chandelier!) but because I don't know that we can all take sitting through the real-time news and grief scenes. They told those stories deftly in flashbacks (we're well-versed in Jess Grief, we all saw Nash's death and her learning about Chloe's death, and while Bree Williamson was terrific in those scenes, it's enough for my lifetime, I remember how it goes... not to mention how little I wanted to see her pour out the same degree of grief for someone so much less significant to her than Nash or her daughter). And this meant we got to see Ryder! Aww. Once again, OLTL's munchkins make everything just a little bit better. Now, regarding the death of Ford, I think they did a good deed. Not just because OMIGOD DEATH BY CHANDELIER! but because it really is a decent compromise. Considering how obnoxiously passionate we soap viewers all are...

Louise tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451b72b69e20162ff500ff0970d 2012-01-10T10:17:00-05:00 2012-01-10T10:17:00-05:00

I like to think we're smart enough people that, when General Hospital promised us that Kimberly McCullough would exit the show in a "poignant and must watch storyline", we all scoffed a little and mentally prepared ourselves for the exact opposite, because our definition of "must watch" has literally zero overlap with General Hospital's definition of the same. So it's not that I'm SURPRISED by this. It's just that I am REVOLTED, SORT OF. Robin: I just want you to know down the line, if it were to turn into something more, I would be happy that Patrick found love again. I'd be happy for you, too. Elizabeth: Why are you talking like this?! This is crazy! Robin: Because Patrick deserves to have a full life and if I'm not here to see it, I hope you will be. "Please sex up my husband when I pass on. It would really put a smile on angel-me's face". THIS is the "poignant" and "must watch" way you write off an enormously popular character? YOU KNOW WHAT NONE OF THOSE WORDS MEAN!

Mallory tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451b72b69e2016760439c99970b 2012-01-09T19:55:20-05:00 2012-01-09T19:55:20-05:00

I may go more into depth on some than others, but I will cover each of this week's episodes in at least some minimal fashion. Because how could I not. Just a few thoughts on today. The Angels. I loved the match-ups. I knew who Gabrielle and Megan would be "paired" with, but I was confused about Luna. And of course they matched her with Cole -- she was one of Marty's closest friends (although come on now, that dialogue about not knowing if she could forgive Blair? She did so on her death bed.). It was very sweet. I loved that Gabrielle wouldn't be a completely benevolent angel. She still wanted Bo for herself. Doesn't make her a demon, just makes her something somehow close to her living self. Natalie weeping over her mother and father, especially the "Mommy?" moment when she realized Viki had no pulse, about killed me. Melissa Archer rocked it again today. Woman's been on fire lately. And she got to be the to pull the trigger on the fatal blows to Mitch today! I have to say, this was one note that was a little "off" to me from the other day -- Mitch...

Louise tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451b72b69e20168e533dd95970c 2012-01-08T17:31:06-05:00 2012-01-08T17:32:00-05:00

Earlier today I applied my speechlessness and Percocet-induced haze to a B&B post where I let the pictures do the talking because, really, there were no words. And I'll try again now for One Life to Live. Here, though, the phrase "there are no words" has a very different meaning. The good kind. First up: My very favorite chandelier! Life is good. Blair woke up! (Guess Jack is still upstairs sleeping soundly.) Van Hughes is immediately inducted into the "Manning family wrings hands by your character's bedside" club. "You can't have any ice, psychopath. NO ICE FOR YOU!" (Also, how great was, "Our lunatic friend here just went on a shooting spree over by the ottoman.") Lindsay helped Bo save Nora from Troy and we got a very big, wonderful moment between Nora and Lindsay. Nora: Lindsay. Lindsay: Nora? Nora: We have a history. Lindsay: And a lot of it. Nora: Mm-hmm. But I have to say, after what you've done for us today... you've really changed. And I forgive you. Can you forgive me? Lindsay: That's why I'm here. Nora: Okay. Unfortunately, you know, Lindsay, your prison sentence -- you murdered a man in cold blood, okay? And you...

Serial Drama tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451b72b69e201676031ab31970b 2012-01-08T15:06:37-05:00 2012-01-08T18:13:35-05:00

First, my apologies for being a terribly delinquent B&B blogger. As you may know, I also cover One Life to Live, which only has five episodes remaining of its 43-year-run, so you can imagine it is taking up most of my heart and most of my attention. Obsessively so. Plus I recently broke my foot, so I'm frequently in painkiller-induced haze. These are my excuses. But really? What is there to say about The Bold & the Beautiful these days? I've struggled to come up with the words that would be appropriate for this train wreck of a worse-than-a-bad-telenovela on-location storyline that we've been subjected to over the past couple of weeks in the story that will apparently never end, and I've proven it over and over again without any doubt: there are no words. There just aren't. So indulge me for a moment in this wordless recap of the week's events, and those of you who didn't have the "pleasure" of witnessing it yourselves, I promise you: none of this is fake. This is what happened this week. For real. (Here's the doctor who looked suspicious of everyone and essentially let Bill bribe him to falsify medical records and...

Louise tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451b72b69e20168e50b4fd2970c 2012-01-05T20:46:26-05:00 2012-01-05T20:50:00-05:00

It makes a few other things hurt, too, since I opted out of my 6pm painkiller for my broken foot because I knew I'd want to be sharp enough to really absorb today's One Life to Live and be able to write about it. So here I am, un-drugged and achey, but it was worth it. But my face hurts not from a broken bone or lack of drugs, but from smiling. (Okay, and maybe a little ugly-crying.) Now before I say this, a disclaimer: I would trade all of this to keep the show. But as good as it is right now, we wouldn't be getting this stuff if the show weren't ending. Again, I would trade it to keep the show. But I'm trying to find an upside. And this is an upside. They wouldn't be delving into all this history and getting all these great returns if we weren't nearing the end, and they really pulled out all the stops to go out with a bang. I am never going to complain about Mitch showing up to babble creepily about prophesies. Oh my! And can I just say again how incredible Roscoe Born and Melissa Archer are...

Louise tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451b72b69e20162ff0802d0970d 2012-01-04T21:51:45-05:00 2012-01-04T21:51:45-05:00

Because we have grown so close over the past few years, I feel that I can admit something incredibly embarrassing to you and that there's a small chance that you won't judge me for it and a(-n even smaller) chance that you have experienced something similar: today, I shouted spiteful things at a fictional character. Such is the intensity of the dislike I harbor for Michael Corinthos and his limitless rage and his complete self-absorption and his blatant disrespect for his parents that led me to actually think today, "God, Michael, don't talk to you father like that!" And I don't mean the common kind of shouting one does at a fictional character, if one were the type to take television too seriously. Like, if someone murmured, "You go, Sonny. You go"? Sonny: This is not about trust. Can't you get it through your head that I don't want you in this life? I want a better life-- Michael: How I decide to live my life is up to me. Sonny: Yeah, it's up to you. It is. And you know what's up to me? How I run my business. And I'm telling you, you're never going to be involved...

Mallory tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451b72b69e20162fdf33e81970d 2012-01-03T21:08:18-05:00 2012-01-03T21:05:55-05:00

As we wind down, I'd been planning to do some character sum-ups as we start to say goodbye to them as characters. As there are no perfect people on this show (thankfully!), I'll try to remember the bad along with good, but it's way more fun to focus on the good. Unfortunately the holidays happened and I broke my stupid foot and life got insane, so I don't know that I'm going to be able to do it justice. However, I'd already started on Natalie and today seemed a perfect day to go ahead and celebrate her anyway because OH MY GOD HOLY CRAP Y'ALL NATALIE WAS SO AWESOME TODAY. Now, this year has not been my favorite Natalie year. I've admittedly been very critical of the way she's been written since her decision to conceal her child's paternity during her pregnancy because I don't think it's been consistent with her character. She's a girl who misbehaves, but never because she's acting pathetic. She's never been pathetic. I love my bad girls (obviously), but this bad act and the way she's handled it since has not been "bad" for the reasons I loved this bad-girl-with-a-heart-of-gold. And considering as little as...

Louise tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451b72b69e20162fe8b3ef6970d 2011-12-31T10:00:00-05:00 2011-12-30T21:53:24-05:00

Trying to list soapdom's Best and Worst of 2011 was a task that we can only describe as impossible, possibly because we are still dejected over our stories being canceled. It sort of made reminiscing a challenge. "Was there a Best Story this year?" "NO, THIS WAS THE YEAR THAT ALL MY CHILDREN AND ONE LIFE TO LIVE WERE CANCELED!" "What about Best--" "NO!" "What about Best Hair?" "CANCELED!" But that's not fair, since we do want to highlight the best of soaps this year. Stop laughing, there totally were some! They were completely overshadowed by the year's many, indescribable lowlights, but they happened! So even though it took us a while and we constantly interrupted ourselves by tearing up, we did compile an official list. Because there is nothing in the world more therapeutic than writing a list. Before we begin, we'd like to name some of the most notable Bests of the Year: Best Editor, of course, goes to the ever-fabulous Stephanie Sloane (now the editor-in-chief at Soap Opera Digest!) who has been nothing but supportive of our loquacious hypercriticism. And Best Audience? You! We thank you so much for reading, linking, commenting, emailing, Facebooking, commiserating and making...

Serial Drama tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451b72b69e20162febb82cc970d 2011-12-30T21:00:17-05:00 2011-12-30T21:19:30-05:00

First of all, I'm so sorry for being a blogging slacker lately. I was away for a while and then I broke my foot (gah!), so things have been a bit of a mess. Ergo, I warn you: this is a painkiller-influenced post. It might be... less than coherent. Loved Nat's outfit today. She always looks so good in that muted blue. I know it's just a t-shirt and jeans, but y'all know how frustrated I can get about how they dress this hottie, so I cannot help but feel compelled to give credit when it's due! And that sparkly blue was pretty rockin', too. But while I'm on the subject, today really was a lovely day in general for the hot ladies of the town. Blair's another one who can rock the jeans, even though they only let her do it about twice a year! And Roxy was smokin' as the mother of the groom! I adore how little vanity Ilene Kristen has, but I do also adore it when they let her show how hot she really is. Viki and Clint are like schoolchildren, enjoying their reunion so much. I can relate. And Gigi and Rex's wedding was...

Louise tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451b72b69e20162fe8c9702970d 2011-12-27T21:38:06-05:00 2011-12-27T21:38:06-05:00

As soon as she stomped into the PCPD and started droning about police protocol, Dolores Padilla captured the hearts of tens, all of whom were won over by her stereotypical feistiness and inability to make facial expressions that come close to approximating real, human faces. And not even they found themselves hoping that the show would shine some sort of light on Padilla's past, unless it would give us some details on her inventor. Never one to give the audience what it wants, we learned a WHOLE lot about Padilla today. She has a TEMPER. And a MURDERED SISTER. And solves problems with SEX, which really seems like it could be dangerous for all involved. Sparks would fly, literally. Anyway, it was bizarre. I'm beginning to think that Padilla was engineered by a computer programmer who learned all he needs to know about human interaction from watching 90s sitcoms. It all started when Dante found Dolores snooping in the evidence room (and got pretty suspicious about it. Please note that when his father, famed douchebag and noted mafia crimelord, interrupted the following conversation by walking into and then HANGING OUT IN the same evidence room, Dante didn't seem even the...

Mallory tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451b72b69e20162fe29cd97970d 2011-12-22T09:04:00-05:00 2011-12-21T22:24:42-05:00

Port Charles is so relentlessly grim these days that I keep expecting to catch a glimpse of the bathrobe from the commercials for Abilify (you know? The one that floats around morosely looking like a gloomy and oddly deflated Cookie Monster), lurking in the background looking sad, maybe having a drink at Jake's and pouring his heart out to Coleman. "It's just that...Lucky abandoned his kids. Why? Why would he do that? And why does Ethan hate the concept of Luke and Laura so much? I don't get it Coleman, I just don't get it. Can I have more peanuts please? Thanks." In the span of sixty minutes, hearts were shattered all over the place. Lucky shatter Elizabeth's heart and Cameron's and mine, by deciding to run away to Ireland--to find himself. Lucky: I was so hard on my dad. Every time he would leave, there was a part of me that would just want to blame him and judge him and... and now I'm doing that to you. See, the thing is, Aiden... you -- you don't leave because it's easy. You leave because...you leave because you have to. Lucky: Yeah. I'm, uh, I'm no good to anyone here,...

Mallory