The Week that was in Genoa City

Sigh….  is it just me or is everybody in Genoa City sipping the crazy juice this week?  Let’s work the week in reverse starting with Friday’s episode.  What was Diane thinking?  She really has no focus in town this time around except for being its ho.  Every time we turn around she’s trying to bed some other man.  All of these urges/needs can’t completely stem from her financial situation.  I mean, come on, Victor is offering up a huge settlement in this latest divorce so shouldn’t Diane be set for a minute or two?  I would ask the writer’s to please, please sort Diane out.  This is character assassination and Maura West deserves better, much better.

Then there’s Nikki.  Now we all know her judgment is impaired thanks to her hitting the bottle again, but I don’t care how drunk you may be, she HAS to know how this thing with Victor will turn out.  Is not the definition of insanity doing the same thing over and over again yet expecting different results?  Ok maybe that’s not the exact definition but nevertheless, Nikki!  Snap out of it!  Why do you continue to go back to this man?  And I know there are those who believe Nikki and Victor are destined to be together.  They are the ones who love it whenever the pair is matched.  I however, find the couple much more interesting apart. Especially poor Nikki who always seems to end up being someone’s sounding board when saddled with a relationship with Victor.

Speaking of insanity, hey Ashley.  Can anyone explain to me how Ash doesn’t realize she’s marrying Victor 2.o?  Tucker is NO better than Victor, just craftier.  That and the fact that Tucker hasn’t had a family or wife that he can royally screw over time and time again are the only things that separate the two.  Just look at how Tucker treats his mother.  Ashley would never have treated her father that way and she knows Katherine and has for years so why is she all of a sudden ok with the way Tucker treats her?  Really Ash shouldn’t be the least bit upset with the way Abby is treating her based on Tucker’s gold standard for mommy treatment.  ugh…  it’s so frustrating to watch a formerly intelligent character turn into such a cliche.

No post would be complete if I didn’t mention Phyllis and her flailing hands of self-righteous indignation.  Ugh… this chick needs to be smacked down immediately.  All of her whining about Lucy being blood and needing to be with HER family.  Never mind that Phyllis’ living and breathing son (of blood relation) has repeatedly stated that he does NOT want to be a dad or raise the daughter he never asked for.  Daniel has done his part, as he said he would from the beginning, but oh no, mommy dearest isn’t having it.  Phyllis is busy remembering how she lost Daniel back in the day.  Does anyone else out there also notice that Phyllis is NOT remembering taking Daniel away from his biological dad or using Daniel to try and hook/keep Danny Romalotti?  She’s also not trying to remember ALL the horrible things she’s done and never paid for.  I thought it was hilarious to hear her going on and on about how she was going to take care of Lucy and how Victoria and Billy weren’t such hot parents.  Now while Bictoria might not be the best parents ever, lets see … they never tried to run down people they couldn’t stand like Phyllis did to Cricket and Paul and they never spent years of their lives obsessing over another woman for no apparent reason like Phyllis did to Sharon oh, yeah and they haven’t been running around town sticking their noses into EVERYONE and I mean EVERYONE else’s business.  So I guess that means that according to Phyllis’ “high moral standards” Bictoria just don’t make the cut.  Hey Phyllis!  How’s Summer?  You know, that daughter that you actually should be spending some time with?  Sigh… scribes please, give me a break.  Phyllis needs a time out in the worst way, that or someone needs to shut her down quickly and for more than just a minute.  Enough is enough already.

Last but certainly not least on the crazy train this week was poor Jana.  She finally went just a little too far around the bend and unfortunately won’t be coming back.  I was sad to see Jana go and even sadder for poor Emily O’Brien.  She deserved better quality material for her swan song than a second/third rate kidnapping fiasco.  Things started out great.  The tension and suspense were building and we all knew Jana had gone cuckoo but the others couldn’t quite see it yet.  Then she kidnapped the girls and while despicable it was exciting.  After that it went downhill.  It was like the writers decided it was time to wrap this up but didn’t know how to do it.  I get that they may have needed to speed things up but man, were the chipmunk and closet time for Kevin really the way to do it?  I think not.  It just got bizarre and stupid way too fast and then it was over.  Jana and Emily O’Brien were no more for the land of Genoa City.  Well I say to you farewell sweet Emily and I hope to see you on my screen again very soon.

GCer of the Week Award:  Abby Carlton Newman

This week Abby showed that she truly is an Abbott Newman.  She was our truth teller, stater of the obvious and the ‘really needed to be said’.  I feel for Abby.  She has grown up in utter chaos through no fault of her own and is now trying to sort things out for herself.  Is she a spoiled little brat?  Yes, of course she is, but is she also right about a multitude of things yes.  Abby spent most of her time this week trying to shock some sense into her mother.  Abby knows Tucker is bad news as well as just a shinier version of her dad but Ashley can’t see it. Abby wants a strong female role model (hey, don’t we all Abby) but every where she turns she gets nothing.  This show used to be full of strong female characters.  Lately they all seem to fall stupid at the first look from a rich man.  Remember when Ashley and Abby first came back to Genoa City to save Victor.  Ashley was strong and confident and fierce.  What happened to that woman?  I think that is what Abby is asking. She is shouting at her mother to wake up and pay attention.  All to no avail.

But Abby wasn’t done .  She also had some lovely truth for Uncle Jack and Daniel.  Both have betrayed her repeatedly but Abby, the smart girl she is, has decided she’s not taking it anymore.  I find that Abby frequently has to remind her family what SHE loses every time they do battle.  She’s lost Brad, Colleen, her baby sister… all in the name of bravado.  I love Abby and her portrayer Marcy Rylan.  Ms. Ryan has brought new energy to the scene and I get happy every time she’s on the screen.  Congratulations Abby!

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