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From Soaps On ABC All My Children Spoilers : January 26 – 30 by Dexie on January 24th, 2009
From My Niece – Emily…thank you hun :)
All My Children – Week of 1/26/09
Gossip, Movies, TV, Etc… My Thoughts & Opinions
From Soap Central:
by Ravenbeauty
Dr. Sinclair’s obvious disdain of Annie leaves Ryan suspicious.
Aidan finds himself in deep trouble when Dr. Sinclair is put in charge of his treatment.
Ryan and Greenlee enlist Tad in their quest to get to the truth about Dr. Sinclair.
Aidan realizes that the game is up when Dr. Sinclair injects him with truth serum.
Krystal serves Tad with divorce papers, which he readily signs.
Krystal realizes that she can’t fight her feelings for David.
Tad tears into Krystal for her lack of insight where David’s concerned.
Kendall awakens from her coma.
Bianca tells Kendall the truth about Gabrielle.
Greenlee notices a change in Kendall.
Brot finds a job at the hospital.
Ryan and Greenlee are stunned by Amanda’s offer.
. . .
Spoilers for Next Week
Tad desperately searches for Kathy.
Aidan learns more about Dr. Sinclair.
Kendall is annoyed with Reese and Zach.
Greenlee and Erica face off.
Jesse, Tad and Jake team up to destroy David.
David spells it out for Amanda.
Krystal realizes that Jesse is setting David up to take a fall.
Greenlee can’t shake the feeling that something bad is about to happen.
. . .
Spoilers for down the road: 2009 preview
Josh returns to Pine Valley, but his stay is short and has a lasting impact on someone else’s life.
David saves Kendall’s life.
Kendall emerges from the coma a changed woman.
Reese’s ex comes to town — and it’s not a woman.
Greenlee and Ryan decide to make it a double wedding with Reese and Bianca.
Dr. Sinclair has surprising ties that make her involvement with Annie and Aidan much more dangerous.
Tensions between Zach and Ryan come to a head and it involves Greenlee (and the exit of Rebecca Budig).
Krystal and Tad’s relationship falls apart and Tad is left trying to pick up the pieces and looking for a new love.
David’s path crosses with Brot’s and David starts to develop an interest in the former soldier.
Two Scoops
Pine Valley: The Wild, Wild West of the East
by Dan J Kroll
For the Week of January 19, 2009
Okay, we’re three weeks into 2009 and already there is more drama in Pine Valley than I can stand!
First, let’s address the apparent gun problem in Pine Valley. Everyone seems to have a gun no more than an arm’s stretch away. JR threatened to blast David away and then a few days later, David had a gun of his own and was ready to kill Tad. Josh Madden has a gun, but we can talk about that further down the column. Zach probably tucked one under the pillow of Kendall’s hospital bed, too. Just in case.
Taking out the rather ridiculous gun-toting incident, I have to say that I loved watching Tad drop Krystal off at Wildwind and then tell David that he could have her. It was one of the first soap cheating storylines that actually made sense. It got even better when Krystal showed up on Tad’s doorstep and he hit her with a restraining order. Meanwhile, David doesn’t appear to want Krystal either. He’s really putting one good ol’ mind screw on her. He’s having the attorney he hired to represent Krystal make her case sound far more grave than it actually is. So when David is able to save the day, he’ll look like even more of a savior in Krystal’s eyes. Bobbie Eakes is truly turning in some great performances since being handed this storyline and, even though Krystal irks me, I’m riveted by the story. Heck, we’ve even been able to give Opal some airtime as a result. Op-pitbull (you have to sort of mush the sounds together to make the nickname work) tore into Krystal in a way that I’ve never seen Opal act before. She was actually a little scary. Tarot-card-toting Opal scary? Yeah, I actually think so!
Speaking of of characters I don’t like, let’s focus on Jake for about 2.3 minutes. I rather enjoyed him giving Amanda a hard time (Easy, folks. This is a PG column) about being pregnant. His “hee-haw” jackass sound instead of saying “sex” amused me. And, Jake had my favorite line of the week, “We have plenty of evidence that he’s an ass, but last I heard, you can’t put someone away for being an ass.” Too bad he followed it up by asking Angie, “Remember Maria Santos Grey?” No, she doesn’t. Angie was long gone by the time the Santos were in Pine Valley.
On the other side of town, Jesse’s “other child” wants to be a cop. I always want to call her Cassandra instead of Natalia. I guess it’s because both characters have annoyed me equally. Cassandra is gone and I’m not sure if Natalia will be sticking around or not. Either way, this storyline reminds me a bit of the saga a dozen or so years back with Taylor Roxbury-Cannon. Few people liked Taylor — and then she decided to be a police officer. Okay, so I never said it was exactly like that storyline — but it’s close! If Natalia sticks around, I’d like to see a meaningful storyline come of her decision to become part of the “po-po.” There have been some decent police-related storylines in the past — Mimi accidentally killing Grace Keefer’s son and Taylor’s going undercover as a white woman to bust up a hate group are just two plots that come to mind.
I’m not really all that thrilled with the new luxury hotel in Pine Valley, the Oak Haven. There are a lot of creepy people milling about. Yes, I know that Oak Haven is not a hotel, but you’d be hard-pressed to make an argument that the place is a mental hospital. People come and go, unnamed men offer to smuggle you into maximum security areas, spies posing a patients are crawling around in air ducts, hidden video cameras send confidential information to hidden laptop computers, and the only practicing physician seems to have some sort of dark secret. Who is Aidan’s contact and why doesn’t he have a name? He’s had more lines in the past two weeks than Carmen, Palmer, Kendall, Stuart, Dre, Brot, and Rebecca combined. Even the closed captioning calls him “Man.” That Dr. Sinclair is up to something, but what? And who is she really? Someone on our message boards suggested that she might be Kelsey Jefferson. I dunno about that, but the possibly-not-so-good doctor is definitely hiding something other than a laptop computer in the linen closet.
In the second “we’re bringing you back just to kill you” moment of Charles Pratt Jr.’s short tenure with All My Children, Josh Madden Kane sneaked back into Pine Valley knowing full-well that he was a wanted man. While Josh’s actions don’t make sense when compared to the rest of his time in Pine Valley, his antics do make a lot of sense. His father was ethically challenged and, lest we forget, he was abducted as a fetus. But now, Josh has been brought back into the fold just to be killed off. Isn’t this exactly what happened with Di Henry? At least this time around, Josh is being played by the same actor.
Now for my next gripe with this storyline. All My Children is — and will always be — my favorite soap. It’s the one that roped me into the world of soap operas. Conveniently killing off characters so that you can harvest their organs for another, more-loved character is really kind of tacky. General Hospital’s heart transplant storyline involving Maxie and BJ remains the best transplant story in daytime history. It probably will never be surpassed and so many subsequent transplant storylines have paled in comparison. All My Children has already done the quickie organ donor storyline before. Remember when they killed off Gillian Andrassy Lavery to give her heart to Laura Kirk English? This time around, at least there is a bit of heartbreak involved in the storyline. Erica will be forced to decide whether to remove her brain-dead son from life support in order to save her dying daughter, Kendall. What a heartbreaking decision that has got to be.
In the end, it looks like Pratt has been hired to obliterate everything that the show’s previous writing regime developed over the past two years… and that’s fine with me.
dan
I so agree with this last sentence!!!!!!!!!!!!
AMC Comings and Goings
Casting Briefs
# Laila Robins has been cast as Reese’s mother, Claire.
# Frank Runyeon (ex-Steve, ATWT; ex-Simon, GH) appears as Reese’s father, Forrest. Forrest is not as accepting of Reese’s “lifestyle” as Bianca’s family. Expect there to be some major drama.
# All My Children is said to be looking to bring back Carolyn, Jake’s former wife. Word is the actor who previously played the role, Amanda Hall Rogers, will not be returning.
From Soap Opera Network:
AMC PreVUE: Week of January 26 Edition
Wednesday, January 21, 2009 5:00 PM EST | By Angela Rosa
THIS WEEK ON: ALL MY CHILDREN
Brot finds that a job at the hospital is the perfect fit for him. Jake confesses one of his biggest regrets to Taylor. JR reaches out to Amanda, who later goes to Ryan and Greenlee with “a bundle” of an offer. Jesse learns there are consequences to arresting your own wife on Wednesday, January 28. David rocks JR’s confidence about being the father of Amanda’s baby. Bad wedding omens and Erica’s meddling may be the least of Bianca and Reese’s problems; after Zach schools Mrs. Williams on the coolness of her daughter, on Friday, January 30, Reese schools Zach on the extent of her feelings for him – feelings Slater dismisses as just friendship.
The Inside Story: Captive Audience
Dr. Sinclair’s venom towards Annie leaves Ryan unsettled. Ryan tells Greenlee about his encounter with the doctor. Aidan finds himself in a precarious position when Dr. Sinclair takes over his treatment. Annie’s anxiety grows when Aidan disappears. Tad agrees to help Ryan and Greenlee find out what Dr. Sinclair is really up to. On Tuesday, January 27, Tad and Ryan put a plan into motion after digging into the doctor’s past. Dr. Sinclair confronts Ryan and Greenlee after seeing through Tad’s ruse. Later, the doctor is not pleased to learn that Aidan revealed nothing during the electroshock treatment. Aidan realizes Dr. Sinclair is on to him but assures Annie that he’s not going anywhere. Dr. Sinclair pulls out all the stops to get Annie to confess to Richie’s murder. Tad and Ryan’s concerns mount. Dr. Sinclair injects Aidan with truth serum.
A Closer Look: Let it Burn
On Monday, January 26, Krystal rips into David after he surprises her with the divorce papers he filed on her and Tad’s behalf. A fed up Tad walks away from Krystal. Krystal takes the divorce papers to Tad after David manages to convince her that his love for her is real but breaks down when Tad signs them. Tad’s temper flares as he fights to get Krystal to see that David’s been using the drugs to control her. Krystal can’t fight her pull to David. Tad tears into Krystal for destroying their family as Kathy listens in.
What To Watch:
Greenlee and Bianca both find themselves at Kendall’s bedside hoping for her to wake up and be with them again. Their prayers are answered on Friday, January 30. Kendall is reunited with her family. Bianca tells Kendall the truth about Gabrielle. Greenlee can’t shake the feeling that something is off with Kendall.
All My Children News and Headlines:
* ‘AMC’s’ Latest Casting Tidbits
* Matters of the Hart on SOAPnet
* SON Top 10: Who was the best of the best on “AMC” during the week of January 19 – 23, 2009? You decide! The SON Top 10 is back! Voting begins Friday’s at 4:00 PM, EST.
SON ALERTS: WEEK OF FEBRUARY 2, 2009
* Monday: Kendall struggles to absorb Bianca’s bombshell. Tad is desperate to find a missing Kathy. Erica refuses to do David’s dirty work.
* Tuesday: Aidan gains more insight into Sinclair. David tells Krystal how she can repay him. Ryan tries to ease Greenlee’s fears.
* Wednesday: Kendall grows wary of Zach and Reese. Frankie comes through for Amanda. Greenlee has it out with Erica.
* Thursday: Kendall wants Bianca and Reese to hit the road. Jesse, Tad and Jake team up to bring David down. David puts the screws to Amanda.
* Friday: Greenlee is hit with another bad omen about her and Ryan. Aidan sets out to uncover Sinclair’s tie to Richie. Krystal realizes that Jesse is setting David up.
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From Soap Opera Source
AMC Spoilers: Week of January 19
Written by Derek Davis Saturday, January 17, 2009 4:16 pm
During an exchange of gunfire with Zach, Josh is shot in the head and drifts into an unconscious state at the hospital. Zach stuns Erica when he tells her about Kendall’s dire condition, and says he needs Josh’s heart in order to save her. After Kendall goes into cardiac arrest and Josh is pronounced brain dead, Erica makes a heart wrenching decision to let David do the transplant and give Josh’s heart to Kendall. After a successful surgery, David informs everyone Kendall isn’t out of the woods yet. Zach begins to avoid spending time with Kendall, and Erica throws herself into her work to avoid dealing with her feelings.
Who’s The Daddy?
Amanda, in disbelief after her home pregnancy test results are positive, tells Jake she doesn’t know who the father of her baby is. After scaring Little A, a drunken JR takes off to the docks where he encounters Amanda, and falls into the water. Amanda jumps in and saves him, then calls Jake to the yacht to make sure he’s alright. She then goes to the hospital to terminate her pregnancy. Having put two and two together after finding her pregnancy test, JR rushes to the hospital to stop her, only to find that she couldn’t go through with it.
Elsewhere in Pine Valley…
Angie and Jake get proof that David has been giving Krystal illegal drugs. She later confronts him, but he turns the tables by having Jessie arrest her for breaking and entering. David then switches the pills with prescription drugs, and suspends Angie from the hospital. Krystal chooses David over spending time with Jenny, and Tad lays into her for falling for David’s scheme. Taylor takes Brot to ConFusion where Corina and Ren openly gawk at him. Colby then gives them a piece of her mind
Can’t Miss …
Jake get’s Amanda to admit David paid her to get JR to fall off the wagon
Reese has Zach listen to Kendall’s heart beat and is unsettled by her feelings
Annie remembers killing Richie, while Ryan becomes suspicious of Dr. Sinclair
Brot shares a sweet moment with Emma which warms Taylor’s heart
Jessie warns David not to mess with him
Jackson comforts Erica
Coming Soon: Week of 1/26
Dr. Sinclair wants Annie to pay for what she’s done while Aidan realizes she’s on to him. Tad reaches his breaking point with Krystal who serves him divorce papers. Erica causes trouble at Bianca’s bridal shower. Reese and Zach are caught in an awkward position (again). Reese and her mother square off.
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January 26, 2009 3:00 PST By Jesse Murray
From The Pine Valley Bulletin Here Comes the Brides!!!
hey thom, its great that you found those little tidbits that we can look forward to daily. i love that. i think kendall SHOULD be a changed woman when she wakes up when she finds out all that happened to her. i would be changed too. i will comment more later.
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