Reflections by Jill - A Weekly Commentary for OLTL for August 14, 2007

I guess Antonio found a way to stick it to Nash, didn’t he? I was wondering what he meant when he arrived at Nash and Jessica’s place and said he wanted to sever the final tie between them. I can’t blame Antonio for wanting to get out of his involvement with Nash by giving up his share in the vineyard. Obviously, Antonio also knows that his large investment would make it hard for Nash to come up with the money to buy him out. Antonio really meant business when he told Nash that if he couldn’t come up with the money he’d sell his interest to someone else. I guess Antonio deserves to get a few licks in and he did just that when Nash asked him to give him a week and Antonio said, “I don’t have to give you anything.” Enough said. I was glad that Nash refused to take Jessica’s money when she offered. He doesn’t want to be the man he was with Claudia and hopefully this will all work out. Maybe he can go into business with Vincent again. Vincent was his first partner and now that Vincent is clean it could work out well.

And finally, Tate has gotten what he deserves, or at least the most that the Commonwealth can do to him since they can’t tie him to the back of a truck and drag him through town a few thousand times. His parting word were so disgusting when he stood up and pleaded guilty and said that the only reason he was pleading guilty was because he thought it was ridiculous for him to be judged by a bunch of mongrels such as the ones in the courtroom who so laughingly call themselves his peers. But it was pure poetic justice when he was hauled off to Statesville Prison and was unpleasantly surprised to find out that his new cellmate was Luther, a not so sweet looking gentleman who seemed oh so happy to welcome Tate to Statesville. The fear and dread in Tate’s eyes was such a joy to see. It would only be right for someone in prison to give Tate a first hand lesson in what it’s like to really fear for your life and know what hate feels like.

Don’t forget to tune in on Thursday and Friday for episodes 9,999 and 10,000 as we bid a fine farewell to Asa Buchanan. I’ve heard that those episodes are not to be missed.

See ya next week.

Jill

FAN FEEDBACK AND QUESTIONS

Nancy writes: “Great! More new characters coming this week! I know we have lost several key characters lately, but I just wish they would ease up on the new faces and give a little more air time to some of our old favorites-----especially Nora! She really hasn't had a storyline since she came back from the "coma" and I'll bet Hillary is as sick of their lies about a big story as I am. I, too, had grown to like Paige (not love her!) and was looking forward to the big reveal about her son still being alive. Another broken promise! And what about David being a Buchanan- or is that still in the works? I do love David and will miss him. He lightens things up a little in an otherwise very dark show. I'm really NOT looking forward to all the drama surrounding the Tommy story. I don't think I can watch all the weeping and wailing and overacting from Michael or Marcie, both of whom I like but I'm getting kind of tired of, especially the overacted angst already.”

Dear Nancy: I agree with you about new characters. Sometimes it is very annoying to see our old favorites bite the dust to make room for new characters that don’t always warm our hearts. I’d love to see Nora get a great storyline. I think they make promises to her just like the always say that Viki is going to get a new romance and it never seems to pan out. I love Nora being back in the courtroom and I’d love to see her get a great personal life again. After Daniel Coulson she sure does deserve one with a great man. I’m very happy that we will be seeing David back in Llanview in September. I hope he stays around for a while and if he and Viki continue to mix things up I’ll be a happy camper. As far as Michael and Marcie’s storyline goes, this couple’s wedded bliss has been on the downslide since Michael has been keeping the secret about Tommy and I can’t see it going anywhere but downhill with more tears than I care to shed.

Judy writes: “I DID IT!! I KILLED SPENCER TRUMAN! JUST END THE STORY ALREADY!!! Maybe Bo should hook up with Rex for real. At least Rex would never dump him. Even when Bob Woods was on The Waltons years and years ago he got dumped by Mary Ellen. Maybe that was kind of an omen.”

Dear Judy: Oh my goodness! I didn’t watch The Waltons on a regular basis, but I don’t even remember anything about Bob Woods being on the show. He was dumped by Mary Ellen? Jeez! Talk about a kick in the pants! I figure that by the time Bo gets a romance that lasts and a woman that is worthy of him for the long haul, he’ll be leaving Llanview for a reason probably as stupid as the reason Paige is leaving. Poor Bo! And hey, if you really did kill Spencer, I applaud you. Now we can move on and never think about him again! LOL!

Linda writes: “Clint and Viki? No, no, no, no! She needs some one like DAVID! She needs a character that she can use her ultimate skills on, where there is give and take. But the writers can feel free to let Viki date. No one says she has to marry every guy she comes across.”

Dear Linda: I’ll add a few no, no, no’s to that Clint and Viki chant. She needs David because he makes her laugh and brings lightness to her life. At a time like this, when Natalie is losing her marbles over Miles just when Viki thought her kids were getting settled, David would be a welcome and refreshing diversion for her. It also doesn’t make me too sad that it would eat away at Dorian’s guts to see Viki and David yucking it up.