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I think I'm in the minority on this one, but I actually enjoyed the Mendorra storyline. Sure, it's silly and a bit out of step with the everyday realistic drama of One Life to Live, but the same can be said for the time travel story, which I find to be a lot more annoying, and I will probably address in a future entry. The Mendorra story, while certainly not without its weaknesses, is one that I've enjoyed overall.
First of all, I adore Tina. Adore! I had never seen Andrea Evans as Tina, or the classic storylines with Cord, although I do vaguely remember Tina being played by a different actress (whom I didn't like much) when I first started watching OLTL in the mid-'90s. Ever since Tina breezed back into Llanview with David Vickers the Dog on her arm, though, I have been in love! She's ditzy, funny, and now her character is becoming deeper and more complicated as we see her with her daughter, Sarah. The expression on her face when Carlo sent Sarah and Cristian over the falls was heartbreaking, and the joy when she saw Sarah alive was great. I can't wait to see more of this mother-daughter duo! And ooh, David Vickers the Dog is just about the cutest thing in the whole world (right after my own beloved pup). And now that Tina and Cord are going to be reunited, however briefly? Color me VERY excited.
I also enjoyed Christopher Cousins as Cain Rogan, and Thom Christopher kicked ass as Carlo Hesser. He's so deliciously EVIL, which is exactly what I like in my soap villains. Plus he had great father-daughter chemistry with BethAnn Bonner as Talia.
Speaking of BethAnn Bonner, I have to give her props for her brilliant performance during, and especially after, Talia and Jonas's wedding. She looked like a million bucks in that wedding dress, but one look at her face and you could see how much she hated what she was being forced into. And later, when she said goodbye to Antonio at the airstrip, I actually had tears in my eyes, her performance was that good. Hell, I'd go so far as to say IMO she should get a Supporting Actress nod at next year's Daytime Emmys. She's come so far as an actress sincer her days on I Wanna Be A Soap Star.
All that being said, I'm not sad to see Mendorra go. It served its purpose, and now it's time to get back to Llanview and "real" life. If only the time travel story would end soon, too... And hopefully both Talia and Carlo will be back on our screen shortly. Talia and Antonio's reunion is going to be great, I can feel it in my bones!
With the wedding looming, Kate still has many things to put together, including the guest list and her court, yet she still finds time for Crimson. But fate will deal her a cruel twist.
A new mobster enters town setting sites on the Morgan and Zaccarah stronghold. After killing the other 4 mob bosses and taking over their territories, the group uses Sonny to gain access to those families. Sonny is alive...between his looming wedding to Kate and his instinct-based mob side he's at peace once more.
Claudia, now aware of what is happening, makes a deal with Harper and Rodruigez..if she hands over evidence of illegal activity from her family she gets off scott-free. In desperate need to end the violence, they hastily agree...without telling Mac.Anna and Mac are at different ends when it comes to Robin's pregnancy. Mac's repeated efforts to break apart Patrick and Robin, she concludes, are seeded in Felicia's disappearing acts. Felicia returns to Port Charles to reconnect with Mac, but he pushes her away. She tries to use Coleman to make Mac jealous, but it doesn't work. Thinking Anna forced Mac to push her away, Felicia sets her sights on Noah. Noah finally admits he's falling in love Anna. Working the Robert angle, Felicia gets him to stay in town after his battle with his disease.
Maxie tries to avoid her mother and her shenanigans by turning her attention back to work, but she's haunted by Logan's attack and turns to sleeping pills to get her through the night. But the pills slowly turn into an addiction which she hides from everyone, except Georgie. Lulu begins exceling at Crimson, while Maxie starts coming in late and not with a clear head. Kate knows something is wrong, but since she's tied up with wedding plans she can't focus on Maxie's personal life. Lulu and Johnny continue to grow close. Lulu tells Johnny to get her father off of the charges or she'll leave him. Johnny get it done and Luke comes back to Port Charles. Finding out Johnny made it possible for his return, Luke and Tracy realize that Johnny may not be all that bad. Monica doesn't understand how Tracy can now accept Johnny knowing what happened to Michael was because of mob activity. Monica almost turns to alchol but she sees Alan and she now understands Tracy wasn't joking around. They share a tearful goodbye and Alan leaves (Staurt Damon will have his final apperance).
Spin and Layla continue their mild romance, but his growing concern for Maxie is putting a damper on the relationship. After another one of Maxie's phone calls to Spin, Layla turns to Matt for some consoling, but he's already busy..with Kelly! Nicolas starts turning around his feelings for Nadine and sees her as a good soul like Emily is...and as far away as Helena as possible. One night, a young man is rolled in. His name...Guy Tucker. Bobbie, who is on duty, calls Lucas and tells him to come down to General Hospital. Guy dies, a victim of a vicious gay bashing attack. Lucky is assigned to the case since Mac knows he's family.
Knowing Claudia is snooping, Trevor gives back the deed to Ric, but Ric wants nothing to do with the waterfront. This time he sells it to ELQ for $1. But that's not the only business ELQ is having...Jax sells his shares of Crimson aafter he leaves town. Edward begs Ned to leave his tour and return home to be a businessman again. Ned agrees and returns back to Port Charles. Ned meets with Kate as he is taking over Crimson. Kate thinks that Eddie Maine is visting to do a potential article or spread and tells him to make an appointment...Ned turns around and tells her he's her partner. Edward gives Tracy the waterfront and she decides to build a modern shopping center with a bar, a club, several offices and residential condos, resturants, shopping, and access to the Haunted Star. With some initial interest being strong, Tracy finally proves to her father that she's a formidable business woman. Edward, though, wants to make sure that his investment does come in, so he asks Alice to spy on Tracy.
Liz and Lucky continue to grow close, much to Sam's chagrin. Sam turns to Jason, who is too busy for her, so she starts a fling with Matt, not knowing he's dating Kelly. Kelly gets suspicious and asks Cassius to spy on Matt. Ephiphany catches on to the scheme and reprimands Kelly and Cassius. Claudia finally hands over the evidence making sure Anthony is the only person responsible, sparing her brother. Anthony is carted away to jail and the Zaccarah family has been disbanded. Sonny uses this to his advantage and takes their territory, leaving just the Morgan mob. Sonny warns Jason to increase security details because it may just come crashing around him. Jason and Sonny fued over his potential involvement with the Russian clan, but he vehemently denies it. The Russian family gives Sonny an ultimatum. Give the Morgan or he will die and they give him one week.
Which leads us to Sonny and Kate's wedding. Everyone turns out for the event, even some unwelcome guests including: Lulu, Johnny, Spin, Layla, Sam, Nikolas, Nadine, Luke, Tracy, Ned, Edward, Monica, Ric, Trevor, Alexis (Christina is the flower girl and Morgan is the ring boy), Carly, Robin, Patrick, Anna, Noah, Jerry, Lucky, Liz, Max, Diane, Milo, Bernie, Mike, Giselle, Frederico, and Maxie. Jason is rushing to make the wedding, while Claudia snoops around in the church. Jason's break line has been cut and slams into a tree while a shootout happens at the church. Johnny, Trevor, Monica, and Diane are shot and sent to the hospital. Robin goes into labor and goes to GH as well. Matt, Leo, Kelly, Russell, Lainey, Patrick, Noah, Nadine, Layla, Epiphany, Regina, and Bobbie all go into trauma mode. In the end all are saved except for Trevor, who is his dying breath tells Ric and Claudia that he is Claudia's father, not He also manages to tell Scott that he ordered Sonny's hit. Max stays with Diane and finally tells her he loves her. Lulu tells Lucky that Johnny saved her life by taking the bullet. Johnny forgives Lucky and the two bond over Lulu. Edward and Ned stay with Monica, but so does someone else...Garrett! Unbeknown to everyone Monica has been getting better thanks to Garrett's growing friendship and love.
Because of the developments, Garret fires Mac and replaces him with Ric, much to Scott's surprise. Alexis is happy how Ric turns around his life. Kaprov kills Jerry and makes it look like Anthony ordered the hit from jail. Finally, an unkown assilant shoots Kaprov and his men dead...the new boss in Port Charles? Helena Cassadine.
Robin gives birth to a boy and finally realizes that Patrick is committed to her long term. Anna, Noah, Patrick, Robert, and guests Sean and Tiffany share in the moment. Meanwhile, Jason wakes up from his coma...as Jason Quartermaine.
As the next saga begins:
- Jason tries to reconnect with the Qs
- Ned and Kate start an affair, even though she is still engaged to Sonny
- Nikolas and Helena comes to blows
- Patrick tries to help Maxie with her addiction, but Robin takes it as something more.
- The Gay Basher storyline continues when Lucas and Cassius (who is revealed to be gay) are also attacked.
- Mac opens up the Outback again. Filling out the shopping center is Kate and Maxie's boutique, Claudia's Italian Restaurant, Sam's bar, and the new offices of Crimson.
What about the reception? Well, I hope that most of you will agree with me that some songs just don't belong at weddings because they are inappropriate for the occasion. For example:
Some songs, are just WAY overdone, in my opinion, and consequently I'd rather not have them at my wedding if I ever get married.
(There are some "overdone" songs like "Shout" or "Y.M.C.A."or George Strait's "I Cross My Heart" that I'd still tolerate, and others like Billy Joel's "Just the Way You Are" that I'd embrace wholly, unless of course my hypothetical fiance felt otherwise.)
But I admit, there are also songs that I'd ban just because I personally think they are too annoying in any context, including (but not necessarily limited to):
The cast and crew of Desperate Housewives is back at work today! Today is their first day filming season 4!!!! I checked my calendar, and as of today (July 9th) we are exactly 50 days into our summer hiatus, and we have 76 days until the season 4 premiere, which will air on September 23rd. And according to my calcualtor, we are about 40% through our hiatus (hahaha, I'm such a nerd, aren't I??? 
) Unfortunately, we're not halfway through our hiatus yet 
However, we should enjoy summer while it lasts, 'cause it's a great season and it'll be over before we know it.
Speaking of DH, I'm sure everyone has heard about Eva Longoria and Tony Parker's big extravagant wedding in Paris on Saturday. I wish I could've been there, it sounded like fun! Teri Hatcher and Felicity Huffman were there, and it took place at a huge mansion in Paris. They didn't get much of a honeymoon though, because Eva's back at work today. Maybe they had their honeymoon before the wedding though. Anyways, I wish Eva and Tony a lifetime of happiness!!!! 
Here's a funny story...last night my family and I went down to Minneapolis to eat at a restaurant called Texas Roadhouse, and I went into the restroom, and while I was sitting in a stall, a guy came in the bathroom and while he was standing at the urinal, he was talking to someone on his cell phone, and I thought he was saying something to me!!!! So I said, "What's that???", and then I realized he was on a cell phone. Luckily he didn't make fun of me. I was so embarrassed, I waited 'till he left to come out of the stall. Reminds me of one of my favorite blonde jokes:
A blonde woman was sitting in a stall in the restroom at a gas station, and another woman came into the stall next to the one the blonde was sitting in. Then, the woman said, "So are you on vacation?" The blonde replied, "Yes, I am. I'm going to visit my sister." The other woman said, "What other plans do you have this weekend?" The blonde said, "Well, my sister and I are gonna do some shopping, my nephew and I are going golfing, and my brother-in-law's gonna grill some steaks." Then the other woman said, "Can I call you back? Some idiot in the next stall is responding to everything I say." OMG, I laughed my ass off when I first heard that joke!!!!
Here's a scene of Susan and Gabrielle arguing about their weddings. I don't think I've ever seen Susan this mad before!!!! Who do you agree with, Susan or Gabrielle? I don't think Gabrielle should've stole all that stuff from Susan. Did it occur to Gabrielle that Susan would've decided to go forward with that wedding anyway??? Well, this scene is very funny. Enjoy!
http://youtube.com/watch?v=O9KbX_gyUG4
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