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UPDATED 2-1-2010 SALEM PLACE
Things are starting to happen as opposed to just 'going on' in Salem... but not really.
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Who is with me when I say I would just love to smack the living daylights
out of Bo? What is so difficult about him telling Hope why he is helping
Carly and the real reason she is back in Salem? Okay, if he can't do it,
why can't Carly? After all, keeping this big secret is certainly having a
detrimental effect on Bo and Hope's marriage - which was based on a very
deep love and trust! Where is all that deep love and trust now? Carly
should've never put Bo in the position of having to keep secrets from his
wife, and Bo should've told Carly that whatever involves him involves
Hope, they're a package deal. How hard would that have been? It sure
would've solved a lot of problems. But for now, we have Carly acting like
the world revolves around her, Bo being incredibly clueless and Hope ready
to bang her head against the nearest wall in frustration. To say nothing
of me.
And speaking of smacking around until they are seeing the rings around
Saturn, the picture is becoming much clearer as far as EJ's motives go.
He's practically doing cartwheels because Rafe and Sami have parted ways,
all the while feigning concern for the fragile state of their
relationship. Okay, I lied. It's not as clear as I thought. If EJ
kidnapped Sydney to serve his version of revenge on Sami, then why is he
so happy about the current breach between her and Rafe? Is it because he
wants Sami for himself? Or is it because the twisted jerk enjoys seeing
her suffer? I'm not sure which one it is, I just want this whole story to
come to an end. Find the kid, return her to Sami and string EJ up from the
highest tree. What could possibly happen if or when Sydney is back home?
We wait another eternity for Sami to find out that EJ was behind it? I
don't know about you darlings, but I don't want that creep anywhere near
Sami, let alone Sydney. 
It was kind of nice to see Carly making some real headway with Melanie,
although I think I enjoyed Melanie swiping her paws at Carly (to say
nothing of her priceless commentary) a little too much. But I think this
is the right approach, laying the groundwork. Making sure Melanie knows
where Carly is coming from before springing the news on her that she's her
kid - just don't take forever to do it. Yes, don't do what Bo and Billie
did with Chelsea: Decide to tell her about her parentage when she was in a
better place emotionally - and then suddenly blurt it out not five seconds
later. Admittedly that was a great scenes, but Melanie is not Chelsea and
what ended up working with Chelsea may not work with Melanie. She could
run screaming out the door. She could collapse in collapse into Carly's
arms and call her "Mom" right away. It's hard to say how Melanie will
react.
But someone needs to do something quick because Vivian is plotting. At
first she agreed to not go after Melanie because she is engaged to
Phillip, but after a "chat" with Lawrence, Vivian decides to ride
hell-bent for leather into her original plan. Melanie has to die so Carly
can suffer the same way Vivian did when Lawrence was killed. Vivs, your
nephew was an abusive slime. He earned that skewering with that big pretty
knife, but never you mind. Frankly I'm getting a little tired of all this.
Vivian either needs to do something or stop talking about it. "Killing
Carly, it's so anticlimactic," Vivian notes. You said it lady, not me.
It's almost getting to the point where when Vivian finally does make her
move, we'll all be like, "Meh."
Seeing Maggie's grief as definitely been right on target and it's
something that can't be and doesn't need to be rushed. She was sorely
tempted to drink the bottle of scotch that Mickey had in his office but
ended up pouring it down the drain. Mickey would not have wanted Maggie to
collapse like that, and deep in her heart, Maggie knows this. It's tough
to figure out what to do next or how to cope - this whole story is so
realistic. Maggie's pain, grief and loss is it's own story, and while I
was pleased to see the show acknowledge her alcoholism, I'm not sure if I
want Maggie to sink back into that. It would be dream material for Suzanne
Rogers, and believe me, I know (as do a lot of you) how painful the loss
of a loved one can be. It hurts like hell, and you don't think your broken
heart is ever going to heal. I can see this being the catalyst for Maggie
to fall off the wagon, but I can also see the inner strength that she has
always drawn from Mickey preventing her from it. Does that make any sense?
