Post by caitlyn on Oct 27, 2007 16:52:01 GMT -5
~*~October 27, 2007~*~
So Pocket was found to have MMA this week, which is what was making him sick. Steve and Kayla were vindicated, but there was no apologies from anyone as far as I could tell. Phillip, Steve and Kayla then met Pocket's new foster parents Ruth and Wayne. We had to watch scenes of how much they had bonded as a family, how much they love Pocket, how they are already calling themselves his mommy and daddy. When they were introduced to Phillip, the young man who has claimed he could be the father, the husband told the upset wife how they knew this could happen. Mrs. Meyers then explained to everyone how the new parents have expressed the desire to adopt Pocket. Okay stop the train right now! First of all, I'm pretty sure they've had Pocket MAYBE at most 48 hours. I know time is screwed up in Salem, but it seems to me Pocket went to the new family the same day John was killed, and it seems to me the next day after his funeral is when all this happened. Maybe there was a missing week in there we weren't told about, I don't know. However when Pocket went to the new family, Phillip's claim was well known. Therefore how are the new parents even thinking about adoption yet? How could Meyers even entertain them on that idea? One would think they would actually not think about that until any looming paternity claims were resolved! Yeah I know, it's a soap, it bends reality. Sometimes though it bends it so much it's hard to swallow.
Another bending of reality and rules came up with Shawn and the academy this week. Someone tipped off the academy that Shawn defied a court order, and Commander Flynn decided he wasn't what they were looking for. It looks like Shawn's days as a cop might be over. Meanwhile Bo definitely had a police record before becoming a cop, and Patrick did and was let into the academy as well. Make it stop! I know, again they are basically making up the rules as they go to suit the current storyline.
Phillip and Belle met up in the church and began kissing one another, almost getting caught by Shawn. Frankly they should be less worried about being caught by Shawn than the fact that they are making out in a church! I mean hello, we are in a house of God and Phillip is so coveting his neighbors, um, I'll stop there. Meanwhile Belle, hello engaged to be married and going to do so in that very church probably! Belle came to her senses, so it seemed, and said this was wrong. However when she couldn't get home and her car wasn't working, who did she ask for help? Phillip! Dumb dumb dumb! They then went back to the pub and had their love fest in Belle and Shawn's room. If you are going to cheat couldn't you do it somewhere you are less likely to be caught? I mean hello, there is an open pub downstairs with all of Shawn's family in it!
Later while Shawn and Phillip were fighting over Belle, Hope was letting Belle have it. I loved Hope telling Belle off, for her not to make excuses when it was clear she had wanted Phillip for months. Good for Hope for also not letting Belle even think of using John's death as her excuse, as it dishonored him. Hope agreed to keep Belle's dirty little secret, more so just to protect her son. Belle claims she will cut Phillip out of her life in exchange. Yeah right! How many times has she said that? Meanwhile I loved Caroline breaking up the fight between Shawn and Phillip. She should have banned them both for life from her pub, as they are always wrecking it with their fights.
I don't even know what to think regarding Belle, Phillip and Shawn anymore. For starters, it just doesn't make sense, not at all. Belle lusted after Shawn the entire time she was with Phillip, she wished Claire was Shawn's kid and not Phillip's, she treated Phillip horribly because he wasn't Shawn. Now that she finally has Shawn and the family she's always wanted, so she decides maybe Phillip is who she wants after all? I don't want to hear Belle's excuses about being confused and her marriage ending so quickly. She was never confused before! As much as I hope the show doesn't break up Brady and Chloe, seeing Shawn get together with Chloe would be sweet revenge. It would hurt both Belle and Phillip.
Marlena delivered Sami's twins this week, and of course EJ showed up to announce they don't look like. Well I'm glad they all pointed out that they are fraternal twins, so they didn't have to look identical. I mean hello! All this commotion resulted in the re-doing of the DNA tests. Unfortunately it does look like the babies will have two daddies. I was all for this storyline, had they done it initially when we all suspected it. But no they didn't go there. We everyone on screen was all lead to believe they were possibly EJ's kids, then we were lead to believe they Lucas' kids. Now it's back to what everyone originally thought, one of each. Wouldn't it have been a whole lot easier just to do that from the beginning than jerk us all around? Are we to believe the next DNA report is accurate and won't be changed down the line? Sami seriously needs to secretly go off to another state, better yet another country, and have the DNA test done. Actually she's pretty good with DNA herself, just let her do them!
Bo, Roman and Abe found a suspect in John's hit-n-run, a guy who of course happened to be Andre's old cell mate. He had Tony's name in his phone, and they assumed it was really Andre's as he masqueraded as Tony for years, even in jail. Yes, the suspect may not have known Andre wasn't Tony, so that is why he had Tony's name in his phone. However some have suggested maybe it really was Tony he was in contact with, that Tony hired the hit. One would think they could find that out easily from the actual number linked to Tony's name in the phone. Seems to me phone company records would also help here as well. I'm not sure the Salem PD is up for all that work though!
Sami and Lucas named the little boy John Roman, but have yet to name the poor little girl. Give her a name already! Meanwhile Lucas had some nightmares about the future of the twins, with the little girl taking after his worst traits while Johnny got spoiled rotten. A lot of people bashed Lucas for his fantasy, saying it was his low self esteem; but I agree with those that think the point was to show the worst case scenario. Given Sami's about to leave him and marry EJ, Lucas probably isn't very optimistic right now.
Kate continued to make strides to try and convince Lucas not to cut her out of his and the twins' lives. He seems to be okay with her being in the kid's lives, but not his. He is still changing his name to Horton and still standing his ground with Kate. Good boy Lucas! For once he's lasted more than a week when it comes to not forgiving mommy dearest. Meanwhile I am very impressed with Sami's attitude towards Kate regarding the baby's and vice versa. Could the war be over? Alas based on Monday's show, it seems Kate is resorting back to her old schemes! Oh Kate, just when I was starting to have some respect for you.
This week we had the obvious set-up for a "who dunnit" storyline involving EJ. Marlena, Kate and Lucas all threatened to kill EJ, but it was Lucas who did so on many occasions, in front of witnesses, and even told Bo he'd know who to pick up if EJ ended up dead. No I don't think EJ will be killed, but obviously something is going to happen and Lucas just made himself the prime suspect. I'm sure before long we'll see a whole lot more people in Salem threaten him before something happens.
Finally we come to the sorority storyline. Stephanie is still jealous of Max and Morgan, who are now exclusively dating one another. Meanwhile Cordy dropped out of school, and everyone can see something happened on Cordy's date with Ford. Ford, who was so nice and polite before, suddenly became Mr. Creepy at the girl's party. He was shot down and even yelled at by one girl. Max finally asked him to leave. It's looking like Ford is the campus rapist after all, or they are trying hard to make us think so. I'm just not into this storyline that much I'm afraid.
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So Pocket was found to have MMA this week, which is what was making him sick. Steve and Kayla were vindicated, but there was no apologies from anyone as far as I could tell. Phillip, Steve and Kayla then met Pocket's new foster parents Ruth and Wayne. We had to watch scenes of how much they had bonded as a family, how much they love Pocket, how they are already calling themselves his mommy and daddy. When they were introduced to Phillip, the young man who has claimed he could be the father, the husband told the upset wife how they knew this could happen. Mrs. Meyers then explained to everyone how the new parents have expressed the desire to adopt Pocket. Okay stop the train right now! First of all, I'm pretty sure they've had Pocket MAYBE at most 48 hours. I know time is screwed up in Salem, but it seems to me Pocket went to the new family the same day John was killed, and it seems to me the next day after his funeral is when all this happened. Maybe there was a missing week in there we weren't told about, I don't know. However when Pocket went to the new family, Phillip's claim was well known. Therefore how are the new parents even thinking about adoption yet? How could Meyers even entertain them on that idea? One would think they would actually not think about that until any looming paternity claims were resolved! Yeah I know, it's a soap, it bends reality. Sometimes though it bends it so much it's hard to swallow.
Another bending of reality and rules came up with Shawn and the academy this week. Someone tipped off the academy that Shawn defied a court order, and Commander Flynn decided he wasn't what they were looking for. It looks like Shawn's days as a cop might be over. Meanwhile Bo definitely had a police record before becoming a cop, and Patrick did and was let into the academy as well. Make it stop! I know, again they are basically making up the rules as they go to suit the current storyline.
Phillip and Belle met up in the church and began kissing one another, almost getting caught by Shawn. Frankly they should be less worried about being caught by Shawn than the fact that they are making out in a church! I mean hello, we are in a house of God and Phillip is so coveting his neighbors, um, I'll stop there. Meanwhile Belle, hello engaged to be married and going to do so in that very church probably! Belle came to her senses, so it seemed, and said this was wrong. However when she couldn't get home and her car wasn't working, who did she ask for help? Phillip! Dumb dumb dumb! They then went back to the pub and had their love fest in Belle and Shawn's room. If you are going to cheat couldn't you do it somewhere you are less likely to be caught? I mean hello, there is an open pub downstairs with all of Shawn's family in it!
Later while Shawn and Phillip were fighting over Belle, Hope was letting Belle have it. I loved Hope telling Belle off, for her not to make excuses when it was clear she had wanted Phillip for months. Good for Hope for also not letting Belle even think of using John's death as her excuse, as it dishonored him. Hope agreed to keep Belle's dirty little secret, more so just to protect her son. Belle claims she will cut Phillip out of her life in exchange. Yeah right! How many times has she said that? Meanwhile I loved Caroline breaking up the fight between Shawn and Phillip. She should have banned them both for life from her pub, as they are always wrecking it with their fights.
I don't even know what to think regarding Belle, Phillip and Shawn anymore. For starters, it just doesn't make sense, not at all. Belle lusted after Shawn the entire time she was with Phillip, she wished Claire was Shawn's kid and not Phillip's, she treated Phillip horribly because he wasn't Shawn. Now that she finally has Shawn and the family she's always wanted, so she decides maybe Phillip is who she wants after all? I don't want to hear Belle's excuses about being confused and her marriage ending so quickly. She was never confused before! As much as I hope the show doesn't break up Brady and Chloe, seeing Shawn get together with Chloe would be sweet revenge. It would hurt both Belle and Phillip.
Marlena delivered Sami's twins this week, and of course EJ showed up to announce they don't look like. Well I'm glad they all pointed out that they are fraternal twins, so they didn't have to look identical. I mean hello! All this commotion resulted in the re-doing of the DNA tests. Unfortunately it does look like the babies will have two daddies. I was all for this storyline, had they done it initially when we all suspected it. But no they didn't go there. We everyone on screen was all lead to believe they were possibly EJ's kids, then we were lead to believe they Lucas' kids. Now it's back to what everyone originally thought, one of each. Wouldn't it have been a whole lot easier just to do that from the beginning than jerk us all around? Are we to believe the next DNA report is accurate and won't be changed down the line? Sami seriously needs to secretly go off to another state, better yet another country, and have the DNA test done. Actually she's pretty good with DNA herself, just let her do them!
Bo, Roman and Abe found a suspect in John's hit-n-run, a guy who of course happened to be Andre's old cell mate. He had Tony's name in his phone, and they assumed it was really Andre's as he masqueraded as Tony for years, even in jail. Yes, the suspect may not have known Andre wasn't Tony, so that is why he had Tony's name in his phone. However some have suggested maybe it really was Tony he was in contact with, that Tony hired the hit. One would think they could find that out easily from the actual number linked to Tony's name in the phone. Seems to me phone company records would also help here as well. I'm not sure the Salem PD is up for all that work though!
Sami and Lucas named the little boy John Roman, but have yet to name the poor little girl. Give her a name already! Meanwhile Lucas had some nightmares about the future of the twins, with the little girl taking after his worst traits while Johnny got spoiled rotten. A lot of people bashed Lucas for his fantasy, saying it was his low self esteem; but I agree with those that think the point was to show the worst case scenario. Given Sami's about to leave him and marry EJ, Lucas probably isn't very optimistic right now.
Kate continued to make strides to try and convince Lucas not to cut her out of his and the twins' lives. He seems to be okay with her being in the kid's lives, but not his. He is still changing his name to Horton and still standing his ground with Kate. Good boy Lucas! For once he's lasted more than a week when it comes to not forgiving mommy dearest. Meanwhile I am very impressed with Sami's attitude towards Kate regarding the baby's and vice versa. Could the war be over? Alas based on Monday's show, it seems Kate is resorting back to her old schemes! Oh Kate, just when I was starting to have some respect for you.
This week we had the obvious set-up for a "who dunnit" storyline involving EJ. Marlena, Kate and Lucas all threatened to kill EJ, but it was Lucas who did so on many occasions, in front of witnesses, and even told Bo he'd know who to pick up if EJ ended up dead. No I don't think EJ will be killed, but obviously something is going to happen and Lucas just made himself the prime suspect. I'm sure before long we'll see a whole lot more people in Salem threaten him before something happens.
Finally we come to the sorority storyline. Stephanie is still jealous of Max and Morgan, who are now exclusively dating one another. Meanwhile Cordy dropped out of school, and everyone can see something happened on Cordy's date with Ford. Ford, who was so nice and polite before, suddenly became Mr. Creepy at the girl's party. He was shot down and even yelled at by one girl. Max finally asked him to leave. It's looking like Ford is the campus rapist after all, or they are trying hard to make us think so. I'm just not into this storyline that much I'm afraid.
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