Well,
that horse is out of the barn, like it or not!
I’m going to give you my thoughts on Sonny and Alexis and I fully
expect that many, many of you will completely disagree.
But at least hear me out before you start throwing things at your
computer, which, by the way, doesn’t bother me at all, really!
I can take it. Throw on; in
fact, may I suggest you use food products!
Sling some yogurt and raw eggs right at that screen – I promise I
won’t get upset and if it helps you feel better then I’m glad to be of
service. Just hold off until you
read the whole thing because you won’t be able to see the rest of the column
if you jump the gun, so just sit back and relax for a few first!
Let’s start with the
confrontation over the hit put out on AJ. I
thought the acting during those scenes, particularly from NLG, was wonderful.
I loved that she stood up to him and I felt like I was seeing a glimmer
of the old Alexis. I’m not saying
I thought she was exactly justified in everything she said; after all, this is
the same woman/attorney that plotted with Luke to kill Helena.
She didn’t exactly have much of a leg to stand on when she got all
“will not be a party to murder”-like, but I still thought the performance
was excellent. She looked
completely torn and actually afraid of what was happening.
Some of the editing was a little strange in those scenes and I am a
little unclear as to how we got to Sonny being on the phone all of the sudden,
but when he hung up and said “I choose you” it was all over for me.
Sonny doesn’t often choose anyone on purpose, so I loved that whole
thing. I like to think that Alexis
brings Sonny a bit of conscience that he is lacking. If it had been Carly in those scenes she would have been
yelling about killing AJ and probably would have already tried it herself.
Alexis doesn’t need anything from Sonny, regardless of how she’s been
acting. She is truly his friend
only because she wants to be. She
doesn’t need him for protection, money, a job, a home, as a father for or to
protect her child (as Carly does for Michael), or anything else.
Well, maybe I’m wrong there after thinking for a minute because I think
she does need a friend. And he has
been that for her. They have argued
and disagreed, but they have remained friends.
So he realizes that he could lose that friendship (and his friends are a
little scarce these days too) and he chooses to keep her friendship and he also
chooses to stay out of jail and not alienate his sister in the process –
bonus!
Then we move on to the rest of it.
I thought the dialogue was great between them and I thought the hug
looked like two people who just went through something really emotional, holding
on for dear life. All good in my
book. Then, somehow, we were
upstairs (again with the weird editing, things that make you go hmmm…) and
somehow every darn candle in the house was already lit – which is really
getting on my nerves, I’m all for romantic but come on!
But anyway, that was the point where some definite errors (?) were made
in my opinion. The music was
completely wrong. No way around
that. Fine song, but not at all
what should have been used in this situation.
Next there was the setting. I
found myself immediately comparing it to the obvious, and that irritated me. It
seemed intentional; they even looked like the same sheets!
They should have been doing it anywhere but there, in my opinion.
But then, after I got past wondering why it was being set up to compare,
I realized that maybe that wasn’t such a bad thing. Sonny and Carly were HOT – no doubt about it.
I remember being in shock (spoiler free back then!) and it was just a
great scene all the way around. But
Sonny and Alexis aren’t Sonny and Carly.
They are friends, which S&C were definitely not at the time.
And S&A have a completely different relationship outside of sex, so
it follows that they would have a completely different sexual relationship as
well. These scenes made me feel
completely unsure of how I felt about them together and about how they would
react afterwards. I felt very mixed
emotions watching them. I saw fear
and calmness, awkwardness and surety, loneliness and desperation. I thought it was sexy and sweet.
I thought it was a pretty darn good first encounter scene.
I felt like they were both searching for something and it remains to be
seen whether it was found or not (so to speak, lol).
I thought the whole scene had great depth and was unlike most love scenes
you see on soaps. I thought it was
pretty realistic from that respect. Hey,
I loved the S&C scenes for what they were and I can’t honestly say I would
want all love scenes to be like S&A’s were instead, but in this instance I
was okay with it. It left me
feeling completely unsure of how they would feel about each other and themselves
afterwards, and I think that is a feeling many people have felt after a first
encounter, so looking at it that way, I say great job to all involved.
I was eagerly waiting the aftermath
as well. I’ve always loved the
character of Carly, but you all know by now that I preferred Sarah Brown in the
role so I’m not as invested in Carly at this point to be honest.
I wasn’t able to miss the spoiler about Carly finding them, so I knew
that was coming. I have really
tried to look at this from both sides but I just don’t feel the anger some
seem to feel over Sonny being with someone else.
They are not together anymore, Carly has tried to get herself some from
Zander and Roy (and I firmly believe if Jax flipped his horn-dog switch around
her, she’d be on him instantly but that’s just my opinion…), I remember
her recently telling Sonny (when she was eyeing up Lucien/Stavros) that she was
moving on and he’d have to get used to it and respect her privacy, etc., and
let’s face it – she did this same thing to Jason.
So the argument of Carly being betrayed by this and how everyone hopes
she makes him pay, etc. because she walked on into his house unannounced and
uninvited is just silly. She
should’ve left the stupid card on the desk and left without poking her nose up
those stairs. To me it feels like
they both knew this would happen, it was just a matter of who got to it first
and he did which totally pisses her off. That’s
not to say that I don’t think she should feel hurt by it because of course she
would, that’s only human. I would
imagine that knowing your ex is sleeping with anyone else, EVER – is very
painful, even when you are truly done with him.
And I realize that Sonny and Carly aren’t truly done with each other so
that makes it even worse. And I’m
also not saying that she shouldn’t feel rage and anger because that’s human
too, but I am saying she doesn’t really have much justification for it.
Yes, I remember Sonny telling her not to go jumping the next guy that
walks by and I take that to be what any ex would say, and frankly when you are
dealing with Carly it’s appropriate advice.
But she would say it to him too, and they would both mean it but at some
point, if you aren’t together anymore – someone moves on first.
All of that said, I did feel bad for
her that she walked in on it. And
then I felt bad for Zander that she tried to use him again.
Poor guy! He’s going to
develop a complex pretty soon. I
thought the Sonny and Alexis conversation afterwards was good, again a little
awkward and unsure. I thought it
was particularly great when he came back upstairs and looked at her so
affectionately while she wasn’t looking and then climbed back in with her and
told her everything was going to be alright.
I have no idea how this is all going to play out, but I’m interested to
see it. I think that this story has
great potential to spin-off in interesting directions.
Whether this was the beginning of something or the beginning of the end
of something is yet to be seen, but I am glad it happened (yes, I’m the .010%
in the polls!) because I think it had to happen for Alexis to move on.
And I also think it was something that may have interesting effects on
Sonny as well. I think there was
maturity to this whole situation and Sonny has been a little lacking in maturity
at times.
Now, on to other topics!
I DO agree with the masses about being glad this is over with so we can
get back to talking about other characters too!!
Why is Courtney suddenly getting
dumber by the day? Has anyone ever
heard of an alcoholic that can drink some alcohols but not others?
Nobody is this naïve.
Monica is completely on my nerves.
She and Liz oughtta spend a little time together somewhere quiet and
secluded (secluded from me anyway!).
Liz…I’m mad because I actually
liked her for a few minutes during her conversation with Zander and then there
was this giant sucking sound and her eyes squinted and her lips puckered…and
she started spewing sanctimonious crap at complete and total strangers in a
public place. I give up; I’ve
branded her high horse as hopeless and plan to give it a good slap on the rear
in the hopes it will take her far, far away.
Sarah and Lucky?
I haven’t been so uninterested in quite some time.
These two should under no circumstances be allowed any more scenes alone
or at least not ones that require speaking.
It’s detrimental to my sanity.
And Lucky’s little whine-fest up on the roof?
I can’t believe someone actually made a conscious decision to go with
that take. It was downright
pitiful. The slap was good;
everything else was a waste of my time.
Why does Kristina think she and
Alexis are so much alike? I don’t think they are anything alike at all and I want her
to shut up about that and everything else.
Why does Liz keep throwing the Face
of Deception thing at Gia? I admit I thought it was a decent line the first time she
said it, but now I just keep wondering what it means that she was trying really
hard to be the Face as well, seems a bit two-Faced to me…
I’m not interested in a
Zander/Kristina pairing, in case you were dying to know.
I can’t seem to find interest in anything about Kristina anymore.
I did perk up for a moment when she told Ned it wasn’t going to work
but it faded when he didn’t say “What?
You thought I was interested in you?
Oh, Honey, of course this has been about Alexis all along… I needed
some way to get back into this penthouse and early on it seemed I would be able
to put up with your constant yapping, I thought I’d hit a plateau where I just
wouldn’t hear you anymore. Since
that hasn’t happened I think you’re right and you should take your new-age
wisdom and shove it in a suitcase with all your stupid-looking clothes and make
yourself scarce before you become the victim of the ‘hand that cuts the dead
weight in a newbie-ridden cast’.”
NuMaxie is on my other last nerve.
I’m ready to go ahead and say that she’s not a good actress (if I
haven’t already said that?) and on top of it her dialogue is just annoying.
And I’m not going to stop complaining about her until RR is back.
I’m curious about where Jax and
Skye go from here. It’s been
smooth sailing for almost two weeks now. Can’t
be a good sign. I figure we’ve
got one more candle-lit, you-know-what session before trouble moves into the
Lake House.
I want more Luke and Laura (you can
keep the campfire girls though) and more Helena.
NuMikey…um, I’ll give him more
time but I’m not too sure about him so far.
No worries, though since everyone knows that Mikey actors change every
week
Where in the heck is Johnny?
I’ve had enough of this! Max
is okay, but Johnny should deliver any and all important paperwork that requires
dialogue with it, period. And
Sonny’s comment that Max is a good bodyguard, directly following Carly
waltzing right into the barely closed door to the penthouse, was just priceless.
Good Max! You get a treat because, hey, at least she wasn’t armed.
Put Kristina on the door, at least you’ll have warning that someone’s
in the vicinity because she will start yapping at anything that moves.
So, that does it for me.
You’re all clear for attack now J
so have at it! Thanks for listening.
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