Soap Talk 
With Katrina Rasbold

July 4, 2010

Rockets Red Glare, Bombs Bursting In...Cars

The fireworks weren't the only thing going boom this week as Sonny's plan for ridding himself of Zacchara 2.0 took a turn he did not expect, but should have seen coming a mile away.  Woulda, Coulda, Shoulda.  There are a good sized handful of ways a resourceful mobster could do away with someone and not have evidence traced back to them, so it seems odd to me that he would foolishly choose the exact same method that changed his own life forever and thrust him into a never-ending grief and guilt fest that we have all born witness to ever since clink went boom.

In case you missed it the first time around, here it is:  (May 31, 1996)

Chilling!  This is from Friday's episode:

Heyyyy, I've seen him make that face before!  It's his, "Holy Cheez Nips! Car bomb bad!" look.  You'd think by now he'd realize that car bombs are just not his friend.  Like I said, lots of other ways to do a guy in and he needs to pick one.  This is a man who shot a police officer in cold blood at point blank range and never faced charges.  I'm betting with all of the enemies Johnny has racked up, not to mention the ones grandfathered onto him by being Anthony's son, it would be easy to shift blame in another direction if Johnny were to, I dunno, fall into a deep hole or have a toaster thrown into his bath water or take a long walk off a short pier while wearing a straight jacket and leg manacles. 

Speaking of Sonny/Maurice:

Just... no.  Sonny/Mo, shave that face.  After fussing last week about poor Jonathan Jackson's scruff, people are going to think I'm just down on facial hair and nothing could be further from the truth.  I love seeing a man in a good beard and honestly, there isn't enough good beard in daytime (Actually, there are probably more beards than we know, if you want to go all "Urban Dictionary" on this).  There hasn't been great beard on ABC since Stephan Nichols swapped back to DOOL.  Cassadines always gave great face hair. 

  
I mean really, COME ON.  That is some
FINE face hair! 

The darkest facial hair hours were when all of a sudden, every Quartermaine on the block had those stupid soul patches going on.  Reginald was the only one of them who could pull it off and that was just because he was, well, Reginald.  I mean really: 

I love Big Alice, but Reginald was the very best butler ever. 

For the moment, however, that baby fuzz, "Ah cahn't growz a beard cuz ah'z only foahteen" scruffy look has just got to go.  When it comes to man face hair, you gotta get off the porch or start barking, little dog.  Stop looking like you woke up and your Norelco just didn't have a charge in it that day.  (Rant off)

I loved the interaction between Luke and his kids this week when he was saying goodbye before lighting out on his journey with Tracy's millions to keep him warm.  Of course, he wanted a good reason why she would come after him, not being nearly as confident in the idea that she would miss him as he initially appeared.  It was sweet when he told Lucky that his "instincts are infallible" and that he should trust those more than "doing the right thing."  I loved his camaraderie with Ethan.  It is such a special relationship when you have a kid who mirrors your own mannerisms and ways of being in the world.  I loved when he spoke to Lulu about the differences between young love and mature love.  Has Luke become...wise in his old age?  His children seem to love and respect him, yet know his moods and patterns and accept that in him.  It is very telling that in the last two opening montages, Anthony Geary (Luke) is seen walking away at the end because that is what he does.  Twice a year, Geary and Luke are going to *go away* for a while.  It's like watching the leaves fall from the trees or the snow melt into the ground. 

Some fairly shallow observations:

Noticing the bracelets and watch, Luke's got bling!

Franco got $20 off of Diane for winding up a monkey?
I am so completely in the wrong line of work.

Speaking of Diane, she sure took the girls
out for a walk on Wednesday!

Not many men (or people) look this
good in orange.  I'm just sayin'.

Can she be on forever?  Please?
By the way, did anyone see what
Nik gave to Shirley in the jewelry
box to inspire her?  I missed it.

Bromance at its finest.  I'll take Spason over
Spixie any day!

Becky Herbst is proving the well known
natal fact that by the time you have your
3rd baby, that little pooch just jumps right
out there.  I've had 6 children in my life.  Yes,
the whole Brady Bunch came out of my
body.  The last two pregnancies, I might as well
 have slipped out of the bed after conception and
immediately put on maternity clothes (or "hatching jackets"
as my father called them for reasons unknown).

Love the natural lip color look!

Speaking of Kirsten and her pink crutches,
all I have been able to find out is that
she broke her foot.

Noooooooooooooooooooooo!!!
*gasp*  Nooooooooooooooooooooooo!

Hope you are all having a fantastic holiday weekend. 

See you next week!

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