Final Days Part 4 (A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To OLTL)

Tuesday, November 29th

I actually enjoyed the show.  Talk about a rollercoaster ride!  Last Wednesday I was furious with the writers and the Executive Producer for allowing Matthew to die; nearly a week later, I am smiling from ear to ear. 

The Hospital:

The look on Matthew’s face when he realized that his best friend was pregnant was priceless!  I can’t wait to see more!  I haven’t said that in awhile, but I loved the scenes with Bo, Nora, Matthew and Destiny.  Just think!  Matthew had sex once; then he went into a coma.  He can’t even remember the unmemorable event and now he’s going to be a papa.  Two years ago, all Matthew wanted was to be able to walk and to play basketball.

Austin Peck has done an amazing job, playing the very sleazy Rick Powers, and as much as I have hated just about every new character brought to the canvas, I don’t despise Rick, though I think that I should.  He is totally ridiculous, absolutely unethical, and utterly despicable.  Watching him lying in a hospital bed, wrapped from head to foot in bandages as he toyed with the hapless “Our Gang Crew”, (Starr, Dani, Nate and James) made me actually laugh out loud.  I needed a laugh!

The LPD:

How many times did John look at Nat and say, “We still have to talk?  Talk already man!  Tell her how you feel.  Enough with the, “We still have to talk” bullshit!  Say the words!  You know what she wants to hear.  How hard can it be?  But he sure does smile whenever Natalie is around.  Then there was the daily announcement by Tea that she is indeed going to have Victor Lord Junior’s baby.  She shared the glorious news with John and John pursed his lips, holding back what he really wanted to say about the man who could have prevented him from going through months of agony, thinking that another man was the father of his son.  (Good job pursing, John!) And how about Natalie with that low-cut dress and that big-ass badge around her neck!  Way to look official!

Inside Viki’s kitchen: 

I have loved every scene with Viki and her wayward brother, Todd Manning.  I will be forever grateful that I have been able to witness Erika in scenes with Roger again.  I am watching every scene with delight, knowing that they are the last scenes that they will have together. 

La Boulaie (The Foyer):

The scene resumed from the day before with Todd holding Blair in his arms.  I have heard the expression, “They were lost in each other’s arm” , but these two exemplified the words.  Todd was where he longed to be for eight long years, he missed THIS woman, and holding her in his arms, he sniffed the scent of her hair as he touched it with his finger tips.  (I am convinced that every one of Todd’s senses has been heightened.  Roger certainly plays it that way.)  He must have missed her scent and her touch.  “It’s a terrible thing to miss a woman.”   So here they are, soulmates.  Don’t be fooled by anything that you have heard or seen in the past eight years and don’t be duped by Blair’s SUDDEN feelings for Tomas.  Todd and Blair have a connection that cannot be broken and Roger Howarth and Kassie DePaiva know that and they play that.  During their brief scenes, they took their characters the full gamut of emotions.  They are like jazz musicians who experiment with the nuances of every note.  Each time they are in a scene, they bring both the old and the new.  Todd is different.  He is flirtatious and he is willing to bare his heart to the woman he loves.  This leaves him open for some heartache, but he’s going full steam ahead.  Blair on the other hand has hidden herself in “the love” of a new man.  Yet when Todd suggested that they go somewhere, she was all over it.  She responded with hope, “Go where?”  Then with despair, “Everything is closed.”  Todd knew just what cord to hit when he reminded Blair of the time that they went sledding down Cemetery Hill with the trays from Rodis.  That memory brought smiles to their faces and tears to their eyes, and mine as well.