Sunday Surgery: Chopped Liver

 

I chose this photo because I loved it, nothing more! 

I am so disappointed in this show. It was on fire for awhile and now it's like they threw some interns in and it's just a dull mess. No, I'm not going to mince words. The Lucky return is a slow-moving sloggy retread of a story and the editing on the rest of the show made me tear my hair out. 
Rough week for Wubsy! 

Be prepared and grab some grub and coffee ...here we go go ! 

YOU LIGHT UP MY LIFE:  I'll say it again this week: The one great, awesome perfect thing on the show right now is Ric's return. Damn, talk about hitting the ground and soaping things up!! WOW. EVERY scene he's in just gets better. When he and Sonny were arguing this week, Sonny was more animated than I've seen him in a year. With Heather? EVEN THE HIP story got a bit interesting!! He listened to her and you could see his compassion meet with money greed. Then in 1/2 show flat, he finds out the tests are different between labs.  The Elizabeth scenes at Bobbie's were also gold. MORE PLEASE. 

IN A CAGE:  Yada yada...gun..yada yada Car at The Quartermaines and, Alexis is in jail with no bail. The judge was like: GET THEE TO PENTONVILLE. Kristina screamed and cried but was stopped from "Confession".  Showing Alexis getting her booking done was kind of redundant since she's been in there before. BUT!! Can you guess who her roomie is?? Can you?? Welp, HEATHER WEBBER, that's who. Now we can hear them go over and over her hip case. :eyeroll:

SAM REDUX:  So this is where the freaky taping and editing comes in. Sam visits Alexis at the PCPD and everyone says that this was taped THE DAY OF THE FUNERAL. Sure enough, Sam2 has on her funeral outfit. Then she goes and talks to Dante in the hall so that had to have been taped that time too. Court room scenes? Same. The kicker is Sam says she's going to dive for the gun that was lost. Now, it's a river not even the lake so one would THINK it might be safe but... I think this is how she's going to go "missing:. Or drown. OR? Who knows. Will Kelly return for those scenes? Will they be done 'off camera' and we don't even see her go in?? MESS. This is a mess 

SPEAKING OF WONKY EDITING: If you saw Friday's show you probably thought you hit your head and missed something. We enter the Q kitchen with Ned and Michael screaming about finding Valentin and ELQ!! I'm also convinced these were taped when Wally was on set for the dialect coach scenes and inserted. First of all, it was amazingly out of place and secondly, Lois is talking in her weird accent and Ned notices. I'm still stunned they put that scene in there like that with no lead up, especially when we haven't heard about Valentin in months. 

GIO DIO: In the same scene, Gio comes in and tells Ned to 'lay off' of Lois' accent. I mean HE doesn't have one, right??? They then talk about how mean Ned is and how great Sonny can be. Come on now, if something is happening with this kid just do it. He's such a goodie goodie and just wanders around with his damn violin. Did Eddie Maine father him with a groupie? Is it a Dante/Brook secret? Is he Sonny's 99th kid? JUST TELL US. Or...let him go back to Bensonhurst. We don't care. 

JORDAN AND ISAIAH: NICE going on this one. She's taken an interest, he's taken an interest and she brought him a burger. Hell, she even chased Cyrus away from his bedside! He's an organ surgeon so get him out and ready to cut open Lulu. 

CASINO ROYALE-FLOPALE. (you know what I'm saying):  OOFFF. What is happening? Lucky's return has been SO fragmented it's ridiculous. This should have been a fluid, exciting return. If you were going to go with the tired old "captive" route at LEAST make it fast and furious. I've seen so many card games I may as well be in Vegas. Cripes. Yes, Holly is back. Yes, the Sidwell guy is good but damn!! Burton played those scene so stoic I was falling asleep. The whole vibe was cheap and I know they try hard but come on...you can do better. Now they are all trapsing off to the "Compound,. where I think Lucky is going to have escaped using his handy pocket knife. 

LUCKY and ELIZABETH: Didn't this happen with Jason once? Visions of Liz? I don't know--so many captives, so many scenes. I think Drew was remembering Scout at one point. Anyway, in THIS cell, Lucky and Liz finally "meet" while she tends to his wounds. If you're a LL2 fan it was nice to see Becky and JJ together again. I loved early LL2 and then it just got written into a toxic mess when he wanted on/off the show. So am I invested? Meh. 

WEEPER WILLOW:  This whole story would have been SO much better if Drew had tried to pressure Willow more or she was just a little uncomfortable around him due to his creepy nature. Instead, she's uncomfortable around him due to her libido. Since the chem between these 2 are in the negative numbers, it sure doesn't work one damn bit. The whole Yoga on the docks and him coming out bathed in oil just made me laugh. Either get them caught doing it or-- I don't know let Mr. Drew go to Washington. 

OTHER NOTES: 

Lois: "The Boathouse is still a crime scene" was the biggest tip that is was all filmed wonky. They've had a full family brunch out there, discussions in the boat house, Felicia and Mac making out and Willow doing yoga. Drew even dragged a paddleboard across it!! :HOWLING: I don't get it. I just... don't GET IT. 

Trina was on with Stella at the Surf Shop and Stella is dragging her back to PCU. Good scenes. Trina was also supposed to have dinner with Portia. Scenes were cut. 

Curtis was made head of Aurora by Drew and poor Michael thought it was going to be him. Sad face. 

Day one: Drew is going to quit his campaign because he's down 4% in the polls. Next day Nina is by his side telling him he's up by 7%!! WOW!! Overnight success! Again...editing. 

Kevin and Laura are MIA and it's not like anyone is even saying "GEE, where are they"?? LOL 

PREDICTIONS: Brad will take the fall or did indeed change Heather's results to avenge Britt's death. Portia goes in all frantic to ask Terry why he was hired. She could use him as a cover up or be off the hook all together. 

Curtis will be great at CEO of Aurora and get more airtime? Maybe? 

The gang will go back to the compound and Anna and Jason will find out that Lucky escaped before they got there. OR they'll all sit in a jail cell together for weeks. 

SPOILER PIC OF ALEXIS AND MARTY: Oh, by the way, MARTIN lost his accent!! He visited the same dialect coach as Lois!! LOL.. I got used to that accent. No beard, no accent...no fun. 

MY TAKE: Sloppy, sloppy. After the amazing funeral/murder arc I was expecting SO MUCH MORE, Especially with the Lucky return. I really hate they did another "captive" scene and the tired gambling stuff. Burton in the white tux? *sigh*.  By the way, I don't think they are going for an Anna/Jason romance. I think it's strictly business. At least I hope so. 

When I love this show, I tell you....when I don't, I tell you. I can't sugar coat it!! What did you think?? 
Have a good Sunday! Cheers