November 4,
2005
It has now been a few months since I
started One Life to Live and I don’t see myself going anywhere.
Between two soaps and a multitude of prime time TV it gets hard to
keep up sometime, but I just can’t see myself walking away.
I am
surprisingly pleased so far with the recast of Clint Buchanan.
Perhaps it is because I was away for so long or because Clint was
away so long, but so far the transition has been quite easy. I see
many of the same mannerisms and behaviors that I would expect from
Clint and I believe Jerry Van Dorn will be a welcome addition to the
OLTL canvas.
Antonio really
is a jackass. There is no nice way to put it and there is no sense
in trying to pretend otherwise. If they were going for the tortured
soul with a big heart the writers sure missed the mark. Vicki was
on the money when she blasted Antonio for hiding Jessica’s condition
all these many months. Had he opened his mouth maybe none of this
would have happened (and thank god he kept his lips zipped because
then he’d have been in our face all the more and we never would have
gotten Nash.) It just amazes me that after Jessica spent months
away from Llanview, Antonio is all over the hospital on his soapbox
threatening to kill Nash. (Nash will fight back).
All those
months Antonio knew Jessica was running around, screwing around and
bumming around and yet he did nothing, told no one. Now he seems to
feel some sort of entitlement, some right to Jessica as if she is
nothing more than another piece of property for him to collect.
Hmmm, starting to sound a lot like what he just did with his
daughter.
Rex did the
unthinkable and made Adriana likeable, now the question that seems
to be circling is, can he do the same for Layla? No offense to Ms.
Sumpter who portrays Layla, but this character has not been clicking
for me. I don’t see her clicking with either Antonio or even
Evangeline for that matter. Can I see her with Rex? Honestly, I am
starting to think I can see anyone with Rex.
Todd is off
and running and as Sage mentioned in his spoilers (10/31/05
) he is in disguise.
Todd’s Great Disguise
Bet you didn’t recognize him.
I find Hugh so
amusingly adorable. His whole relationship with Marcie kind of
reminds me of real life. I mean here is this really attractive guy
and not to be mean, but the fact is Marcie is overweight, and I can
relate to how she feels. It is like I hear her thinking, what is
this guy, who attracts models by the dozens, doing with plain old
me. And I think we as women have all wondered that once or twice in
our lives. Even recently my friends know I was hesitant to get
involved with a certain guy because he was skinnier than me. I like
that he likes Marcie and I like watching them together and I never
caught it the first time around but perhaps that Michael ship has
sailed.
I am still
anxiously waiting to find out Spencer’s great secrets on both Paige
and David. I really want to know and I am still interested. The
only part that saddens me are the rumors that he ruins David’s and
Dorian’s wedding.
Have a great
week of Soap Opera Watching!
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