Reflections by Jill - A Weekly Commentary for OLTL

What the heck is wrong with Natalie? Just when I thought she was growing up a little she proves me wrong. First, she can’t keep her mouth shut long enough for Rex to explain how upset he is about Adriana’s disappearance. You’d think she could have a little more compassion and take into consideration that her brother loves the girl before she badmouths Adriana into the ground. Rex was smart to turn to David for help in finding out what Dorian knows about Adriana’s situation. Then Natalie runs into Spencer at the bar and can’t keep her mouth shut for a minute. I couldn’t believe the way she continued to antagonize him. For someone who works for the police department and is in training, she certainly behaved like a little fool. She was totally unprofessional and I was surprised that John didn’t get crazier when she told him about her confrontation with Spencer.

I don’t know just how bad the situation is going to get for Adriana. Although we know he’s a creep, Bruce seems more like an idiot than a dangerous criminal at this point, but who knows what his next move will be and more importantly, what new trouble Dorian can create to make this situation even worse? Bruce was pretty creepy in the beginning when we saw him with that shrine of pictures of Adriana before we even knew what was going on. I can’t wait to see what happens now that Adriana knows that her mom was behind this whole mess and Dorian will be working with Rex to find her.

And for everyone who thinks I hate John and Evangeline, here’s what I think of their scenes together when Evangeline showed up at his office. I think those scenes were beautiful. It’s obvious that John and Evangeline have deep feelings for each other and want each other to be happy. They went through a lot together and both have regrets but have moved on and truly want the best of everything for each other. Anyone would be blind not to have seen the deep caring that these two have for each other, especially when Evangeline told John how much she cares for Cristian and that he makes her happy and makes her laugh and John was glad that she was happy, telling her that Cris is a good guy. And I give John credit for saying that what happened between them was his fault and that he wanted her to know that he really tried. That was a nice tender moment when they hugged. It was tinged with loving friendship and yes, maybe a bit of regret on both sides. Those are the kind of scenes we never get enough of; really well acted.

And in closing, I guess everyone knows at this point that Dan Gauthier (Kevin) has been released from his contract and we will only see Kevin through November. It was also mentioned that he would not be replaced with a recast in the role. Honestly, I don’t like seeing Viki’s family broken up. I hate that Joey is not on the scene right now and I certainly don’t want to lose Kevin. I’m sure tons of fans feel the same way and write-in campaigns have started up, as well as plenty of fans planning different ways of making their feelings heard. If you’d like your feelings about this situation heard, you can start by writing to: One Life to Live, ABC Daytime TV, 77 W. 66th Street, New York, NY 10023. Who knows? It just might make a difference and it only costs the price of a stamp.

See ya next week.

Jill

FAN FEEDBACK AND QUESTIONS

Judy writes: “I still can't figure out why Dorian did what she did. Could anybody really put their child in danger like that? And even though Nash did one nice thing this week I can still barely tolerate him and Claudia. They really are royal pains! Please don't tell me Jess & Nash will get closer! I really hate the rumor that because Michael Easton signed such a big contract Josh Casaubon had to be sacrificed. Even though I like Forbes March, Nash has got to go, along with Claudia. When Trevor first started on OLTL I was a lot more sympathetic to his portrayal of Todd than I ever was when Roger Howarth played him. Now that is all gone. Blair totally deserves him and Starr still needs to be sent off to a boarding school in a very remote part of England!!