REFLECTIONS BY JILL for March 19, 2007

And Vincent is a jerk, as usual. I had to laugh when he and his sidekick, Shawn, were in the steam room with Nash and Nash was talking about being in love with a married woman. Of course Vincent would tell him that it didn’t matter than she was married. What made me die laughing was that Shawn kept pointing out how Vincent had failed in his relationships, like with Layla and Natalie. I thought it was hysterical that Shawn so bluntly point out that Vincent was no one to be giving advice on women.

Marty’s conversation with John was interesting when she pointed out that she hoped they could put their differences behind them and John said, “You let my father’s killer go free and I promise that will never be behind us.” Most of the things Marty says to John are true, but I don’t think it’s her place to point out those things to him, like the fact that he’s scared to let himself be happy. I just can’t seem to find a place where Marty comfortably fits in Llanview. Maybe she’ll wind up with Miles and will “make him a man.” Hey, he needs help already because he took the advice of a hound dog bartender who told him it was cool to have two women on the same date. And he really needs help if Blair gets her claws into him, doesn’t he?

And of course, it wouldn’t be winter in Llanview if everyone didn’t get stranded somewhere. At least this time no one was stuck out in a freezing cold car with no heat. But I tend to think that some of those roommates might prefer to be out in the cold rather than bunking with their worst enemies. There’s no question in my mind that Evangeline, Marty, Blair and Layla would rather be anywhere else but with each other and that goes for the guys, too. Blair being thrown into that situation was bad enough, but a drunken Blair was BIG TROUBLE!

I’m not big on the teen storyline, but I have to say that Cole deserved a snake in his shorts from Starr when he fell for Brittany’s little act. He’s going to feel like such an idiot when she busts him and Starr, but hey, he’s a kid and he’ll learn the hard way. I always say how much I like Kristen Alderson and that never changes, but I also have to give kudos to the young actress who plays Langston (sorry, forgot her name). I think she’s a very good little actress and a good addition to the show, unlike the character of Brittany who could head down the mountain and never come back, if I had anything to say about it.

Do you think Tate Harmon and Todd Manning could be related? They both sure do enjoying being the thorn in a guy’s side to get to the girl. With Todd, of course, I’m referring to his unrelenting pursuit of Evangeline. And now we have Tate going after Adriana and doing his best to shove it in Rex’s face every chance he gets. He would make Todd proud. Just thinking ahead a bit, Todd could really use Tate in going after Rex when he finds out that Tommy is his son and Rex has been keeping it from him. Just a thought. Tate certainly is just about as big a jerk as Todd is. I couldn’t believe that the minute he found out that Adriana and Rex were alone in a room he burst in on them as if he didn’t know.

I can’t wait for the Asa/David storyline to heat up. Now Dorian knows that David was hired by Asa to kill Spencer and David has admitted that he came back to Llanview and confessed because he figured John would find the real killer and Asa wouldn’t pay David for the deed.

All in all, the Winter Festival turned out to be pretty disappointing for me. It was really nothing more than a case of endless bed hopping between people who had no business being in bed together. Of course Cristian would believe that Evangeline and Todd were sleeping together when Tate told him Todd asked him to disappear from the room for the night. But to jump from that into bed with Blair? Please, someone pass me the Pepto! And don’t even get me started on what it told us about Evangeline when she deliberately went to Todd’s room and stayed the night. All I have is one observation. Yes, it was a very cold night up on the mountain. But Marty and Miles were outside without their coats on, people were bunking in all over the lobby with single blankets, Starr and Cole were basically in their underwear, Blair and Cristian had no trouble yanking off their clothes, BUT, Todd and Evangeline were dying from the cold in his room which strangely had no heat, even though they were bundled up in clothes and huge robes. Funny how they had to huddle in bed together to keep warm wasn’t it? Very convenient. I suppose that the writers want us to believe that if Jessica can be in love with two men at the same time (and I questions that) then why can’t Evangeline? Somehow, I don’t see the parallel.

See ya next week.

Jill

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