Reflections by Jill - A Weekly Commentary for OLTL for December 8, 2008

And speaking of Viki, she had her own little confrontation with Todd and he again tried to excuse his behavior by saying he was in love with Marty. Viki was having no part of it and she said it all when she called him a narcissistic bastard. She was furious with him because he knew all along that Tess was out and she told him in no uncertain terms, “I will never forgive you for letting my daughter self-destruct while you just stood by. You used my daughters to protect your secret. You sound as stupid as Tina.” Todd just stood there and said that he loved Marty and would have done anything to keep her. He even went so far as to blame Victor for what he has become and Viki told him, “Victor didn’t do this to you. You did it to yourself and have no one to blame but yourself.”

So, the autopsy report came in and Dr. Joplin couldn’t figure out how she missed the RH problem with the baby’s blood. It’s too bad she will never know that although she was instrumental in the whole baby scam, she wasn’t responsible for Starr’s baby’s death. It was Jessica’s baby, of course, that died and had the blood problem, but now everyone has to mourn the fact that the baby didn’t have to die. Dr. Joplin finally decided she couldn’t live with what she had done and it appears she committed suicide. Along with just about everyone else in Llanview, Dr. Joplin is just another piece of collateral damage in Todd’s nasty life. Todd heard about Dr. Joplin’s death and couldn’t believe it. However, in true Todd fashion, he did use it to his advantage when his guard went to the doctor’s office to help and he got dressed and tried to sneak out. Too bad for him that Nora caught him and sent him right to jail.

There was a little bit of levity on the show last week and this is a good time to mention it. Leave it to Roxy to lift our spirits. She finds John having a quiet breakfast at the diner and decides she just can’t leave him in peace. She sits down and first asks him which woman he’s going to choose, Blair or Marty, which obviously makes John sorry he didn’t stay home and eat some cold pizza. Since he won’t talk to Roxy about his personal life, she proceeds to tell him how worried she is about him not having a job. You have to give John credit; the guy never loses his cool, even though he’d probably like to stick some duct tape over her mouth. I died laughing when Roxy told John she could use him at the salon to do some manicures and pedicures. His facial expression was priceless when she said, “If you’re as good with your hands as I hear you are, you’d be great at the job.” That was enough to make John lose his appetite.

Marty is having a terrible time dealing with what Todd did to her and the worst part is that she is battling with hating his guts and being in love with him. It seems that she can’t put either emotion aside at this point, which makes for a very icky situation. Nora tells Marty that she knows exactly what it’s like to have loved someone who violated you. Who knows better than Nora what that’s like? Nora proceeded to tell Marty about her life with Daniel Coulson and how his obsession with keeping his secrets led him down a horrible, murderous road.

So Nora decides to get Marty out of the house and you just knew they were going to run into John at the diner. John is walking on eggshells with Marty. It’s hard for him to know what is safe to talk about and just as they seem to be getting along over lunch, Blair and Dorian walk in. I have to hand it to Blair. She continues to behave like a true lady with dignity and class. She introduces herself to Marty and they have some conversation, but Marty is acting very bitterly towards Blair. Who could blame her? She’s out and about in a town where everyone knows her whole life story and she doesn’t have a clue. She knows some things about her past with Blair and she gets very confrontational with her. Blair understands better than anyone what Todd can do to a person with his manipulative tactics so she has nothing but compassion for what Marty is going through and doesn’t behave in the usual way she would when confronted the way Marty confronted her.

Now Dorian was another story. She barreled in ready for the kill and waltzed right up to ask John what his intentions were. Her only concern is Blair not getting hurt, but she was nasty and obnoxious to Marty and Blair did the right thing by finally dragging her away from John and Marty. That confrontation ended any peace Marty might have found that day because she decided that she wanted to be alone and John just had to walk away. Blair surprised me again later on when she told Dorian she expected her to apologize to Marty. I like this Blair and I hope she sticks around.

John, on the other hand, could find no peace that day until he went to the jail and insisted on confronting Todd. I loved that scene. Like Nora, I thought John was wasting his time and would only be more frustrated by Todd, but he sure got the better of Todd even if he didn’t walk away feeling better. He stood there and told Todd that Marty was dead, that she couldn’t take what he did to her and took her own life. Todd was devastated as John read a fake suicide note from Marty, which turned out to be a “gotcha” at the end of the scene when Todd picked the note up from the floor and it read, “Now you know how I felt.” Todd doesn’t know what to think and looks up to find Tea Delgado standing there.

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