I've noticed that the repeat episodes were chosen to show events and relationships that tie into the present stories. In fact the repeats may very well be the basis of the present storytelling. I guess I would have to say that the present story arcs were outlined first and then the repeat episodes were chosen as a type of expositional device. They were used in particular to give CBS refugees background information on the characters and up-coming storylines.
Some of the themes inherent in Ron’s stories are, “Love Hurts”, “Betrayal Is a Natural and On-Going Occurrence”, and “Parenthood Is a Motha”.
Charlie loves Viki; Viki loves Charlie; Charlie feels incompetent and cheats on Viki with Echo.
Charlie’s little soldier won’t allow blood to flow to his brain, so Charlie cannot fathom that Echo knew all along that Rex wasn’t his son. Charlie is heading for a fall, one that may very well take him off of the canvas forever.
Dorian wants to make things right in Viki’s life (I still don’t buy this one.) because …. I’m not quite sure why. (This will end up being a lemon pie in Dorian’s eye.) Watch as Viki turns on her.
Is Clint really a bad guy? He has proven that he will do anything to protect the family. Consequently, he has done nothing but hurt the family. In fact, Tea compared Clint to Todd. Clint of course took offense, telling her, “Don’t compare me with that psychotic husband of yours!” Perhaps Clint doth protest too much.
Okay!
So now Kelly is John’s sex toy? Since GT came back to OLTL a year ago, her character has been Todd’s staunchest supporter; she even flirted with the idea of having a more intimate relationship with him. She has played detective with John, played footsy with Rex, and discovered that even though she dumped Joey in order to be with Kevin, whom she eventually married and spent years with,Kelly now realizes that she’s in love with Joey and we’re suppose to root for her to be with him.
There's only one thing that would make that work. Some one as vile and treacherous as Aubrey Wentworth. Her job is to stimulate and saturate Joey’s brain, keeping the head on his shoulders drained, as she and her lover steal the Buchanan fortune.
Todd and Tea remain majorly “in love” and that is a good thing for everybody in Llanview. It appears that if they threaten each other and whack on each other enough, they are rendered relatively harmless. As Tea can’t buy a legal win and Todd is targeted and hit with a near fatal bullet.
Blair’s relationship with Tomas is moving at a snail’s pace. People that complained about the rapidity in which Blair’s last romance took off, are now complaining about the slow pace in which her current romance is moving. Hopefully, that’s about to change. The sensitive multilingual, artist (Tomas)is now literally shedding his cover in the middle of Todd’s living room as he patches up a bullet wound. Is Tomas “Mr. Evil”? What is he hiding?
Jessica has left the building and Tess is in control and married to Robert Ford. She is his punisher. The question is, will she be his redemption? Natalie is still paying for being a big fat liar. John is obviously her punisher and he is doing it by means of doing Kelly.
My assessment of the teen stories: It is unfortunate that Frons and Ron have decided to make them the centerpiece of the show. The characters are without depth or complexity; the performances are dull and lifeless. They are sucking the life out of the show. I think that it's because anything that has been written for teens has been so stereotypically characterized, according to all that Ron has seen in the movies.
