Reflections by Jill - A Weekly Commentary for OLTL for July 9, 2007

Well, things are looking up. We went nearly an entire week without having to look at Tate. It seems that his life is about to be turned upside down this summer. I hear that he will probably be with us until September, but I wish we could get rid of him sooner. It seems that his father, who will realize that Tate is going to continue his reign of terror despite his warning that he would expose him, will mysteriously be killed in prison. Gee, who could have possibly arranged for him to be “taken out” like that? Talk about a son’s love for his father.

And then we have that other major thorn in my side. Yes, that would be Miles. Just like with Spencer, every time I think he has sunk to an all-time reptilian low, Miles goes ahead and ups the ante. For someone who was locked up in a hospital his entire life, Miles certainly has quite the little network of evildoers, doesn’t he? He has access to hit men, roadside carjackers, thugs who will abduct people he wants out of the way and drug pushers. Did good old Spencer leave Miles a list of his old nasty connections with his blessing to use them as he sees fit? That must be it. The only thing Spencer didn’t provide for Miles was a hooker to teach him “the ropes” and Miles was able to find that all by himself, the resourceful worm.

Did you laugh as much as I did when Blair and Starr went over to Marty’s place to set some ground rules for Starr and Cole and Miles walked in demanding to be a part of what was going on because he was “the man of the house?” Oh Miles, you do have a lot to learn about women in this century! And did he think Marty wouldn’t get back at him for accepting that invitation from Jessica and Nash when she didn’t want to go anywhere in public with him? Miles made me sick when they were sitting at the table and in front of Jess and Nash he said, “I know what it’s like to fee full with family and life.” Oh yes, he’s full of something, you know, that stuff you muck out of horse stalls. And he blurts out that he wants to renew his vows with Marty in front of all their family and friends in Llanview because having her in his life is such a miracle. Marty sure tried to get out of that gracefully. She should have run him over with the car on the way home. But nothing was more disgusting than what Miles did to Cole when he caught Cole after he discovered Todd in the storage room. That’s what I mean about Miles sinking lower all the time. And it’s bad enough that I have to watch Miles manipulating everyone. Do I have to watch him conjure up Spencer in his mind and have those nasty little conversations in his head while I actually have to see both of them? There is just so much I can endure where these two are concerned.

I felt so sorry for Cole. Miles was working him with every manipulative bone in his body and it was disgusting how he tried to get Cole to kill Todd by telling him that it would make things so easy for him to be with Starr. Worse than that was Miles taunting Cole with the fact that Todd raped his mother and tried to kill him for seeing Starr. It’s too bad that Todd didn’t take that opportunity to miraculously wake up, grab that needle from Miles and plunge it right into the creep. Miles sunk to an all-time low when he said to Cole, “Do it to avenge your mother. It’s what your father would want and if you don’t do it, I guess you don’t love your mom and Starr.” I thought that was about as low as Miles could go and then he had to drag out the tape of Marty’s confession and threaten to send her to jail if Cole didn’t keep this secret between them. I didn’t think anyone could be as vile as Spencer but Miles is doing his best to prove me wrong.

Hey, if you didn’t think that once again Viki and David were the stars of the week, I just don’t understand it. They have brought laughter back to the show and let’s face it. Viki hasn’t had so much fun with a man or anyone else since she lost Ben. She’s enjoying every minute of her “fling” with David, including that lovely massage. I have to continually applaud Tuc Watkins for the incredible way he portrays David with just the right combination of bad little boy, sexy as all get out man and endearing con artist. Every time he tried to convince Viki that she needed to sleep with him I just about fell off the couch laughing, like when he asked her, “How long have you been without” and she answered, “none of your business.” You just knew he’d come back with, “THAT LONG?” It was a riot watching David try to convince Viki and assuring her that his offer was “firm.” Oh David, we’ll just bet it is!

But Viki more than holds her own with David. He can’t really rattle her and she gives as good as she gets, like when she told him what a con artist he is and he appeared to be very insulted. Her answer was perfect when she said, “Well, I’m very sorry if I’ve offended you and the other members of the International Gigolo Society.” And let’s face it. David is just too darned cute. I think he really meant it when he said Viki was truly nice and he never knew nice could be so sexy.

And ladies (and some men), let’s not forget how David looked in that lovely little Fourth of July Speedo. Did you notice that she didn’t ask him to cover up when he was wearing that little number, but it sure made Dorian toss him a big towel when she and Clint came by to supposedly make peace? And I had to laugh my head off when Dorian and Clint decided to go to Llanfair and Dorian said, “Let me just go change.” She was dressed perfectly fine for the Fourth of July but my mouth fell open when she showed up at Viki’s in that polka dot number with the big, ostentatious hat. I guess she figured that after their visit with Viki and David they’d just hop on a plane and hope they didn’t miss the Kentucky Derby. It was funny how Dorian was hanging on Clint but couldn’t keep her eyes off of Viki and David. And it was hysterical when Dorian tried to convince Viki what a horrible human being David is and how hard he is to live with and Viki just said, “I didn’t notice any of those things but he does snore.” That shut Dorian up, didn’t it?