Reflections by Jill - A Weekly Commentary for One Life to Live for August 1, 200

RELFECTIONS BY JILL…. So, what’s going on with Rex? What is he up to? I don’t think he could possibly have set up that hooded stranger to stalk Adriana, but what was all that secretive stuff he was doing? Obviously he’s up to something that he doesn’t want Adriana to know about and why was he paying off that guy on the beach and contacting him on his laptop? And why was the guy dressed up like a stalker? Honestly, I have to say that so far this is the only interesting thing I’ve found in the whole Rex/Adriana summer storyline. Oh yeah, the beach is totally beautiful and I’d love to be there. That’s about it. I’m tired of watching Adriana being terrified. I’m tired of Rex leaving her alone saying she’s perfectly safe and then without fail (big surprise) something manages to scare the heck out of her. I can’t believe that Rex would be behind the whole stalker situation. It couldn’t be that creating a crisis was the only way for him to be with Adriana and get her alone. It’s probably no more than a red herring, but why?

And what about Todd? Are you as tired as I am of seeing everything depending on the size of his checkbook? Okay, so he did a good thing by bringing that eye surgeon to Llanview to operate on Evangeline, but I was getting pretty tired of Todd expecting the guy to jump and ask “how high” every time Todd summoned him. And it wasn’t enough that Todd bought himself a seat on the hospital board. It wasn’t enough that he bought and paid for the eye surgeon.

Then he had to go and buy himself a seat alongside Evangeline’s bed, making sure that no one else was allowed to be in there with her. I was thrilled when Cristian finally got in to sit with Evangeline and Todd overheard Cris and Evangeline professing their love for each other. I’m sure Todd thinks he can buy Evangeline out of her feelings, too. I honestly don’t know if she’s going to see again, but my bet is on the surgery being successful, because if it’s not, that doctor better get his butt out of that hospital fast before Todd makes him sorry he ever set foot in Llanview.

How civil, watching Todd and Spencer at the driving range hitting golf balls together. I think Spencer is slipping up. If I were Spencer, I’d never have turned my back on Todd Manning while he had a golf club in his hand. If I were Spencer I’d be worried that Todd was planning to make a hole in one with my head. Can’t you just see Todd telling Bo, “Bo, you know how it is, my hand slipped!”

And speaking of Spencer (which we are forced to do since he’s always in our faces), when are we going to get to see that smug grin wiped off his face? I do so hope that John finally has something concrete to use against him with this forger.

Blair may be crazy, but she did give the police the best lead they’ve had yet in nailing Spencer. One thing I have to say though is that I don’t know how in this world Blair can stand for Spencer to touch her any more. That scene in the shower was nauseating. If Spencer is on to Blair at all, he’s having himself a good time letting her think she’s getting the better of him. Personally, it makes my skin crawl every time he touches her.

And as funny as it may sound, my favorite scenes last week were between John and David. I died laughing every time they talked about the gun that David claims he shot John’s father with and David kept saying, “I was shooting blanks, just like Kevin Buchanan.” It was hysterical the way that line kept driving John crazy until he warned David not to say it again. Then David couldn’t resist saying it again and John called the cop who was outside the door and said, “Hey Smith, he said that joke again” and had David taken back to his cell. But the funniest part was when John had the box of cannolies on his desk and turned his back to get the cop to take David back to his cell and David tried to pocket the gun. John was a riot when he caught David and said, “Vickers, leave the gun, take the cannolies.” It’s not every day that we can commend Michael Easton for his humor in a scene, but those scenes were a riot. John does have a sense of humor that we usually don’t get to see unless he’s with his brother, Michael. I like that side of him.