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November 22, 2006 AMCAh, Dr. Devious is not going out with a whimper! “Isn’t it a kick in the gut? Tad has a baby and you don’t.” I next expected him to go nyah, nyah, nyah to DixieBirdBrain, but Tad started beating on him before he could get it out. Bianca wants to make reservations for Thanksgiving dinner at the Valley Inn. Doesn’t the Valley Inn have reservations about Kane/Montgomery family gatherings? You bet, and long memories, too! Tad’s got one dead man’s fate under his belt, so what’s one more? DixieBirdBrain stopped him before he could add another notch to his six-shooter. And to think that the only notches Tad used to count were the ones on his bedpost. Devil with the red suit, AKA Erica Kane, paid JR a rather nasty visit to his hospital bed. Unfortunately, Dr. Jeff pulled her off him before she could take him through all twelve AA steps. La Kane was on fire! Jeff should know better: disregard his Hippocratic Oath when Erica’s angry with a patient. Remember what happened to Jackson when he wouldn’t commit perjury for her? Iced out faster than you can say avalanche. First Erica visits JR, then David, both with mayhem in mind. I can’t wait to see who’s next, The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come? Razzleberry dressing for all! As Tad was rambling on about his hatred for David, I was wondering how he’d feel if he knew about Hoolia’s little fling with Dr. Delicious. Jamie probably is clueless about that, too (big surprise). DixieBirdBrain is so desperate to find a replacement for EmmaKate that she’s willing to believe David’s claim that a DNA test he ran on KWAK’s baby showed that Tad’s the daddy. Imagine how many of David’s enemies will be annihilated when the truth comes out! How many Dynasty alums will Erica romance? I’d vote for Miles Colby (played by Maxwell Caulfield), but as Caulfield’s already been on AMC as Brooke’s Pierce Riley #3, that’s out of the question. We know that Erica won’t feast on one of her leftovers! Erica’s decision to work on her marriage to Jack came a little too late. I think he had to hire every last one of the Seven Santini Brothers to move her clothes to the Valley Inn. Surprise! No grapefruit halves to push into Babe’s face, so JR had to make do with a cup of water. Hey, whatever works! It’s pretty clear how he feels about her. When will she get a clue? I think Kendall should be less concerned with what Spike will wear to Thanksgiving dinner and concentrate more on that asinine haircut of his. Then, of course, his name. Then, of course, whether or not there will actually be a Thanksgiving dinner to kickstart his little memory bank. Brooke is pitching in at the Miranda Center for some peace and quiet? May I have some of the meds she’s on? Trust me, all of Pine Valley will need them once the Kane/Montgomery Thanksgiving dinner begins! Strange that Bob “Mr. Rebecca Budig” Guiney is getting more airtime on ABC with those “Fun In The Sun” interstitials than his wife. I mean, come on, we all know who has the talent in that family, and her initials are R.B. GHA question: is it now a requirement that weddings in Port Charles must be accompanied by a “click-boom” sequence? The wedding itself (what there was of it) was lovely. It brought tears to our own KellyB’s eyes, but not mine. Perhaps it would have if not for the interspersed gunplay. However, things changed for me last Friday. When Luke asked Laura if she wouldn’t move heaven and earth to bring back a departed loved one, even if she knew it was only for a brief time, there wasn’t a dry eye in my house. Anthony Geary, as per usual, spoke from his heart and truly moved me. I got it…and totally agreed with him. (Don’t get me wrong, I’m still annoyed with TPTB for making Genie Francis’ return so ridiculously short. Annoyed, frustrated, cheated, used – but let’s move on.) You know, Geary is nearly as famous for the amount of vacation time he takes as for his portrayal of Luke, but when he’s on camera, there’s no one better. He had me sobbing, thinking of all the people I’d like to have a few more moments with. LINE OF LAST WEEK: “Why? WHY?” – Alcazar, over his dead son’s body. Um, because you’re a big, bad mobster? Dangerous lifestyle? Guns aplenty? Oh, no, Kristina’s gone catatonic after seeing sister Sam shoot Diego. Maybe she can share a room at Shadybrook with Laura. SuperJase managed to swim to safety and ended up in the same chapel as Elizabeth, all with a bullet lodged inside him. What are the odds? Probably the same as the odds that he will find out he’s going to be a daddy. Julie “Lulu” Berman and Genie Francis’ beautiful scenes together also brought me to tears. My cat’s been dialing Shadybrook, trying to get me into Laura and Kristina’s room. Furry bastard. Damn it, the show with the best history of use of music had to go and pick Joni Mitchell’s recording of “Both Sides Now” (redone in 2000), and I’m reduced to a quivering bowl of Jell-O (as I was when this recording was used in “Love Actually,” one of my favorite movies). Mitchell’s voice, lower and huskier 30-plus years after she first wrote and recorded it, makes the song even more poignant, and the result was a tremendously moving montage. And Mitchell’s knowing, wiser rendition of her lyrics could be a metaphor for Luke and Laura themselves. They’ve all looked at life from both sides. More Kleenex, please. Who’s been paying the rent on Elizabeth’s art studio? She and Lucky were barely able to afford the rent on their little one bedroom apartment. Did Jason buy it in remembrance of her painting the wind? How many times in his life will Jason have to say, “Carly, you really shouldn’t be here” until she gets it? I’m thinking triple digits. I do think that Lulu could have told Laura about her abortion without including the part about how she thought she was an unwanted baby, but it’s done. That said, even with her faculties diminishing, Laura dealt with Lulu’s abortion in an honest and touching manner. Is it me, or did the Spencer Christmas tree angel resemble Natalie Dillon’s from AMC? You know, the miracle Christmas tree angel that restored Natalie’s sight? Well, I suppose it isn’t, because it looks like the Spencers are fresh out of miracles. Rats. NED? At the traditional Quartermaine Thanksgiving pizzafest? WHY? Not that I don’t love him, but – huh? I may detest the amount of time given to Genie Francis’ return (more hype than actual time), hate the fact that the second Luke and Laura wedding wasn’t given at least an entire episode to itself, and be annoyed that Laura and Robert didn’t exchange as much as a “hello,” but I am grateful for the caliber and the bravery of Francis’ performance. And, of course, that of the master, Anthony Geary. Julie Berman, Tyler “Nikolas” Christopher, and Greg “Lucky” Vaughan were impressive as well, especially during their farewell scenes with their mother. More Kleenex, please, for my eyes and Nik’s snot. More, still, for Luke’s goodbye to Laura. Closure at last?
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