So Clint has chosen Dorian, at least for now. I had to laugh when Todd went to visit Viki and she complained to him that Clint had dumped her and Todd said, “What made you want to go back for thirds of Clint?” Gee, it’s been a long time since I’ve heard a word out of Todd’s mouth that made sense, but that question was sure on the mark. At least Todd had a little bit of compassion for Viki. After all, she’s been putting up with his shenanigans for years and has been the ever-devoted sister. Actually, the only bright spots for me where Todd is concerned are when he is with Viki. In his own way he did feel bad for her when she complained about her woes over Clint and I believe his “I’m sorry, that sucks” was sincere. I had to laugh when the ever prim and proper Viki said, “Yes, you could say that; it sucks.”

I didn’t find it too endearing when Todd told Viki that life these days was good for him and his reason was that Starr and Cole had broken up. It’s too bad that Todd is such a selfish fool that he takes pleasure in something that has broken his daughter’s heart and made her miserable. What a great dad!

And can we talk for a minute about Viki’s hot date with Dr. Doug Kline? Oh jeez, here we go again with the unrealistic writing for Viki. I can see her accepting the dinner date, but that guy turned out to be a total ass. Viki should have figured it was going downhill when she said she’d have a club soda and he ordered a magnum of champagne. But how about when he got totally sloshed, moved in on Viki and started making out with her right there in the booth at The Palace? If the writers were in their right minds, we would have heard the slap Viki should have planted on his face clear across the state of Pennsylvania. But no, she politely excused herself from the situation and went home. Viki trying to make Clint jealous is a joke and I don’t understand why people are waiting for him to get Dorian out of his system so he can be with Viki. Why would he even be worthy of kissing Viki’s shoes after this fiasco?

And did you notice how serious Clint was when he told Dorian in no uncertain terms that he wouldn’t tolerate her ragging on Viki or anyone in his family? Yeah, like Dorian could ever stick to that. It took her about five minutes to walk right up to Viki and start verbally abusing her and Clint just stood there and listened.

So, John and Natalie are finished. I could have lived without the farewell sex. I didn’t see a need for that. I’m glad she ended it (although it was quite mutual) and I just hope she find the strength in her hard head to move on and let John realize that he has taken this road with too many women and he needs an attitude adjustment. Did you find it as ridiculous as I did when John and Natalie gave love advice to Starr and Cole? Oh boy, I hope Starr and Cole file those conversations under “forget as soon as possible.”

I had to applaud old Roxy when she found out that John and Natalie had broken up and she hauled off and punched John in the gut calling him a “no good dirty son of a bitch.” Hey, who could blame her? He hurt her baby girl, even if Natalie is more of the mom than Roxy is.

I can already see John heading in Marty’s direction, especially since he is taking Cole under his wing. It was nice of John to spend time with Cole and offer to write him a letter or recommendation, but it makes no sense at all for John and Marty to be together. If he couldn’t make it with Evangeline and then Natalie, why should we even dream that he would make it with a shrink? But watch, somehow TPTB will try to make us believe that it makes sense.

I guess Michael and Marcie’s happiness bubble is about to burst now that Miles has given Todd information that implies his son is alive. And wouldn’t you know it? Evangeline is insisting on going along with Todd to Chicago. She’s supposedly right in the middle of starting her new job in the District Attorney’s office and they are hot on the trail of a major hate group that could target her and she’s running off with Todd. That makes sense.

Were there any scenes last week that Evangeline was not in? I am having trouble thinking of any. She seems to be doing everything but the things that endeared her character to so many people from the beginning. Honestly, I couldn’t believe she had the nerve, not to mention the lack of compassion to confront Marty about Starr and Cole. The way she defended Todd was ridiculous and completely none of her business, not to mention it made a mockery of Marty’s feelings about her past with Todd. Evangeline saw Todd nearly choke Cole to death and she had the nerve to stand there and tell Marty that Todd is a changed man. I applauded Marty when she told Evangeline that her precious Todd was the one who stuffed a dirty sweat sock in her mouth while he and his buddies used her. Why did it take something like that to make Evangeline stop and say, “Oh, that’s horrible.” She knew about Todd and Marty and she should never have tried to convince Marty that Todd had changed. It should have been enough when Marty said that Cole still had Todd’s fingerprints on his neck. Defending Todd will always be a losing battle.

Actually, the only one who had a right to say anything to Marty was Starr and she did it so well. Marty shouldn’t have expected anything less than being told off by Starr when she approached her at the coffee house. Starr hit it right on the head when she pointed out to Marty that Marty might want Cole to be happy, but now he was totally miserable. Starr had every right to tell Marty where to get off and she was brilliant when she said, “Cole and I are nothing like you and my dad and it’s about time you both realized that the whole world doesn’t revolve around the two of you.” Go Starr!

Once again, Kristen Alderson is doing a wonderful job of portraying Starr. There is nothing the writers throw at this young woman that she can’t do. Starr is completely terrified that her father will kill Cole and even though she is miserable without Cole, she is so fearful for his life that she plans to stay away from him even though it is tearing her apart.