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March 6, 2008 AMC Is Erica back on drugs? Choosing to admit she broke the law, however inadvertently, was a rather daring tactic. What was she thinking? Turns out it was Opal’s idea, and we all know how well thought out her schemes of the past have been. A pissed-off Jackson quit. Has this backfired already? On another front, it appears that lucky gambler Robert Gardner is the guy leading the pack that’s hunting Jesse. The name Gardner means little to newer viewers, so hold on to your hats. Ray Gardner, Tad’s natural father and Opal’s husband, was a cruel, evil man who hurt a lot of people, to put it mildly. (Go look it up in your Funk and Wagnall’s!) Oh, and Robert. Apparently, Tad’s uncle Rob. Rut-ro. Well, perhaps Opal will get a few minutes of screen time here and there. This should be interesting. Kendall, who foolishly didn’t heed Aidan’s warning to bolt her door, now has an uninvited stalker in her hotel room. One with malevolent intent. Pity that Aidan’s drinking in the bar with Charm fans who don’t share his concern that Kendall’s running late. (Maybe they’ve heard about Spotted Dick?) Luckily, Kendall, like all strong Kane women, can think on and off her feet. She decided to read her nerdy potential assailant racy passages from her book. Was she hoping he would soil his pants prematurely and slink away in shame? Meanwhile, Greenlee and Zsch were pole dancing. I think that’s all I have to say about that. Wouldn’t it be fun if Ryan had recently had his vasectomy reversal surgery so his reunion with Annie would have fallen flat? Kendall overpowered her attacker with a massive dose of pepper spray as Aidan burst in and decked him. Later, she broke down as she remembered Richard Fields, what he did to her mother, and subsequently tried to do to Bianca. I’d forgotten that last part. Alicia “Kendall” Minshew was absolutely riveting as she delivered some very difficult lines. What a sweet ex-husband Adam can be! Trying to get Woods off Erica’s back! Especially since the insider trading charge involves Chandler Enterprises! Might he be a co-defendant? Ryan and Annie hit the sheets and still he woke up dreaming of Kendall. That doesn’t say much for Annie, does it? As for me, I gazed upon his chiseled torso and fell into a dreamland of my own. The ladies of Fusion are attempting to hire an office assistant. The interviews were cute, but I was hoping for more of them, a la The Commitments. Maybe tomorrow? Erica’s really working the going-to-prison angle. No doubt she remembers how much it did for Martha Stewart’s image. This could be bigger than big! Will she forsake ponchos for homemade pashmina shawls? LINE OF THE WEEK: Woods: “You were married to Erica.” Adam: “Along with half the male population of Pine Valley.” Whoopsie! Colby located her buddy ‘Dre in the Chandler Mansion tunnels (well, okay, maybe he left them at some point) and brought him into the living room. Too bad daddy Samuel Woods was taking his meeting with Adam in that same room! Adam’s on the trail of something in Woods’ past, and it seems to involve ‘Dre. Will this lead back to the rumor that ‘Dre is actually the son that Frankie Hubbard and Mia Saunders had and gave up for adoption? GH Dastardly Diego has Sam in the trunk of his car and Elizabeth handcuffed in the back seat. Too bad she attacked him, and he crashed the car on Hangman’s Bridge…ironically, the place where Jason dumped Alcazar’s body (a new fact just introduced, just like not-so-dead Diego). The car’s teetering dangerously over the side of the bridge and who shows up but Det. Lucky Spencer, who got shot for his trouble. Lucky really isn’t aptly named, is he? Fortunately, here’s Super Jase to the rescue! Speaking of people with brain issues, Patrick (even though he usually thinks with Little Patrick’s head) finally figured out he’s going to be a daddy. He’s not pleased about Robin’s handling of the situation. Think he’ll sue for his parental rights? Doesn’t the goon beating up Trevor remind you of Sonny’s presumed-dead goon Johnny? He’s about the right age, too. Alas, I’m sure it was only a resemblance; as Johnny had transgressed against Sonny, who ordered Jason to “take care of him,” back when Jason blindly followed Sonny’s instructions. Claudia and Kate are intriguing adversaries. Wait until Ms. Zacchara throws down with her fashionista foe and finds out she’s dealing with Connie From the Block! Super Jase nearly saved the day, but ended up only rescuing Elizabeth – the car, with Sam still in it, went over the bridge, but not before cutting up The Jason’s hands. Badly. However, since she’s an Everyday Hero, Sam ended up clinging to the bridge while the car plunged into the drink. The Perforated One (Lucky) grabbed her hand and pulled her up to safety. While all this was happening, Diego somehow got to the warehouse where we all thought he’d originally died. (Exqueeze me? Baking powder? What did I miss?) Missing Mobster-Mini-Me is stranded in a cabin with George Lopez’s mother, um, I mean, Peg. (Had The George Lopez Show not been cancelled last year, it would have been yet another brilliant cross-promotion job from your friends at ABC.) If she doesn’t stop running her mouth, maybe he’ll grab her rifle and shoot her. It’s how he rolls these days. Sam’s lengthy explanation of Diego’s killing spree was a bit mind-boggling. Strangle, though, it made sense. Wasn’t he supposed to kill all the Scoobies for locking Cousin Sage in the Quartermaine freezer? Timing, they say, is everything. Nurse Nadine needs to work on hers. She ended up being surprised by Diego in the warehouse as Nik was likely having one of his last visions of Emily and her killer, but she did get a few good licks in before he dragged her away and hid her. Spinelli told Maxie that he’s never given his “heart, body and soul” to anyone. What was Nurse Jolene, chopped liver? Or one of the elements of GH:NS we’re supposed to ignore? Talk about cherry-picking! Jason’s hands were so damaged in his attempted rescue of Sam that Patrick told him he may never work for Sonny again. Translation: he may never be able to hold, let alone fire, a gun. Diego set the Cannery to “boom” via a remote-controlled bomb and then Nik grabbed him, intent on repaying him for Em. Diego overpowered him and continued his rampage, just in time to encounter Maxie. Rut-ro. However, Nik recovered and Diego ended up like his victims. Strangled. Remember the Cannery? Evil Harlan Barrett (father of Brenda and Julia; possible relative of the late Cooper) built it, and Julia ran it, along with Bill Eckert. Remember the Eckerts? They were blue-collar relatives of the Spencer clan (as opposed to the madam/pimp/hooker side of the family tree), and cousin Bill was a dead ringer – albeit redheaded – for cousin Luke. Anthony (Luke, ex-Bill) played him for a time before returning (again) as Luke. At the end, Bill was bitter and mean, and ended up dying in his cousin’s arms, uttering something like, “How ironic that the last face I see is my own.” But I digress… LINE OF THE WEEK: “How can you tell the difference?” Luke, upon hearing that Logan is in a coma. Marianna is from Venezuela. The Alcazars are from Venezuela. I’m going to keep repeating myself until a connection is made on the show.
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